Exploring the effects of antidepressant drugs in medaka monoamine transporters (IMAGE)
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The Japanese rice fish, also called medaka, is a widely used model organism, as they are easy to breed and genetically modify. The findings of this study will help us understand how sensitive this fish’s brain chemistry is to antidepressants often found in waterways.
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Professor Shinichi Miyagawa from Tokyo University of Science, Japan and Professor Masaru Ihara from Kochi University, Japan
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