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. 2022 Oct 13;15:940484. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.940484

TABLE 4.

Zebrafish models of Aβ toxicity.

Study Method(s) Aβ aggregation Neuronal cell death NSPC proliferation and neurogenesis Other phenotype
Bhattarai et al., 2016 Human Aβ 42 (ventricular injections) Yes Yes Yes Formation of intracellular Aβ-sheets.
Impaired conditioning and reduced learned anxiety response
Bhattarai et al., 2017 Human TR-Aβ 42 (ventricular injections) Yes Yes Yes Increased microglia activation.
Increased synaptic degeneration.
Nery et al., 2014 Aβ 1–42 (ventricular injections) Not reported Yes – But also observed in vehicle injected groups (compared to non-injected controls) Not reported Increased tau phosphorylation.
Impaired avoidance of aversive stimulus.
Newman et al., 2010 Human Aβ 42 (expression in melanophores under mitfa promoter) Not reported Not reported Not reported Abnormal pattern and loss of skin pigmentation