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 |