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Type of Resource: text

Genre: thesis

Date Created: Spring 2016

Date Issued: 2016

Publisher: Florida Atlantic University

Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Florida

Physical Form: pdf

Extent: 21 p.

Language(s): English

Abstract/Description: Novel antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are commonly tested using rats and mice as model systems. These animals, however, require a great deal of time, money, and lab space to maintain. In contrast, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) potentially can provide a faster, and less expensive model system for testing AEDs. C. elegans are simple to maintain and have a very short generation time, allowing high throughput assays to screen for new AEDs. For my thesis research, I used C. elegans to test FDA approved AEDs. My tests support the contention that C. elegans can be a useful model system for AED discovery.

Identifier: FA00003682 (IID)

Note(s): Includes bibliography.Thesis (B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, 2016.

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Sublocation: Digital Library

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Autor: Merritt, Mckenzie D. Wetterer, James Dr. Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College

Fuente: http://fau.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fau%3A33792

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