A high-throughput antiepileptic drug screening system based on chemically Induced zebrafish behavioral model
Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2014.
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| author | Wu, Yuelong, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| author2 | Mehmet Fatih Yanik. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/938162019-04-11T00:32:49Z A high-throughput antiepileptic drug screening system based on chemically Induced zebrafish behavioral model Wu, Yuelong, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mehmet Fatih Yanik. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering. Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2014. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-59). Epilepsy, which has the largest worldwide impacts among all nervous system diseases expect for stroke and dementia, is a group of long-term neurological disorders characterized by epileptic seizures. AED medications are the mainstay for epileptic seizure management. However, the existing AEDs cannot fit the needs for every patient due to the efficacy and side effect issues. In this thesis, a high-throughput system to screen new antiepileptic drug is built up. Chemically induced zebrafish larvae are used as a seizure model. The change in fishes' behavior patterns serves as an indicator of the fishes' nervous system condition. The design of the behavior data acquisition setup as well as the requirements of its components is described. A fish tracking program that tracks the locomotion variables like the head position, the tail movement and sideway orientation etc. is developed. The tracking results are treated either by simply computing the statistics of the tracking variables or implementing behavior pattern classifications. Two test datasets involving two different convulsants and one known AED are acquired and analyzed. The results coincide with the existing knowledge about the chemicals' effects on the human nerve system, which suggests the system described in this thesis is promising to help with the actual AED development. by Yuelong Wu. S.M. 2015-02-05T18:24:37Z 2015-02-05T18:24:37Z 2014 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/93816 900635564 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 59 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Mechanical Engineering. Wu, Yuelong, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology A high-throughput antiepileptic drug screening system based on chemically Induced zebrafish behavioral model |
| title | A high-throughput antiepileptic drug screening system based on chemically Induced zebrafish behavioral model |
| title_full | A high-throughput antiepileptic drug screening system based on chemically Induced zebrafish behavioral model |
| title_fullStr | A high-throughput antiepileptic drug screening system based on chemically Induced zebrafish behavioral model |
| title_full_unstemmed | A high-throughput antiepileptic drug screening system based on chemically Induced zebrafish behavioral model |
| title_short | A high-throughput antiepileptic drug screening system based on chemically Induced zebrafish behavioral model |
| title_sort | high throughput antiepileptic drug screening system based on chemically induced zebrafish behavioral model |
| topic | Mechanical Engineering. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/93816 |
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