Fact Check: Timelapse Shows Zebrafish Nervous System Developing In Sixteen Hours -- Not Human Embryo Spinal Cord

Does an often reposted viral video show a timelapse of "16 hours of spinal cord development" in a human embryo? No, that's ...

The zebrafish can heal its spinal cord using a sophisticated mechanism

A research team from the University of Cologne has shown how zebrafish can rebuild their nerve pathways and restore their locomotor function after a spinal cord injury. Specialized connective tissue ...
eLife

Characterization of postsynaptic glutamate transporter functionality in the zebrafish retinal first synapse across different wavelengths

Loss of the glutamate transporters EAAT5b and EAAT7 disrupts wavelength-specific visual processing and UV-dependent prey detection in zebrafish, revealing their key roles in modulating light ...
Medical Xpress

Zebrafish spine studies reveal new clues to early scoliosis detection

Dr. Brian Ciruna had no intention of studying scoliosis, a condition that causes unnatural curvature of the spine. However, the unexpected discovery about a decade ago that zebrafish also develop ...
Max Planck Society

Why do researchers investigate zebrafish?

As a vertebrate, the zebrafish possesses many genes that perform the same or similar functions in mammals and therefore also in humans. Approximately 70 percent of zebrafish genes are also present in ...

Widely used crop pesticides are damaging animal behaviour on a large scale

A new German study reveals common farm chemicals can alter the behavior of honeybees and zebrafish. Insecticides reduced ...

Lunai Bioworks Harnesses AI and Zebrafish Data to Advance Early Detection of Neurotoxic Compounds

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 30, 2025 / In the face of growing global concern over the potential use of chemical weapons such as the nerve agent Sarin, Lunai Bioworks Inc. (NASDAQ:LNAI) ...

Does This Gene Determine How You Handle Your Booze?

Now, researchers have found new evidence that a gene known as CHRNA3, a nervous system regulator that is found across a wide range of animals, from roundworms to humans, may also help to determine how ...
National Geographic news

Fish on Drugs May Help Cure Opioid Addiction

Human beings aren’t the only ones who can become addicted to opioids (learn more about the science of addiction in our special magazine report). A recent study by researchers at the University of Utah ...
Nature

Effective targeted gene ‘knockdown’ in zebrafish

Figure 1: Effective delivery and ubiquitous gene inhibition by injected morpholinos (MO). The oep-MO illustrates limitations of this technology in zebrafish. One-half of oep-MO–injected embryos failed ...
University of New Haven

University of New Haven Faculty, Students Conduct Groundbreaking Research Using Zebrafish

William Theune '19, '21 M.S. is using zebrafish to conduct research. As an undergraduate at the University of New Haven, William Theune '19, '21 M.S. was interested in learning about the potential of ...