Evaluation of the Hair Cell Regeneration in Zebrafish Larvae by Measuring and Quantifying the Startle Responses

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Neomycin-induced neuromast hair cell damage and regeneration. (a) Confocal image of lateral line neuromasts under neomycin treatment in wild-type zebrafish. (b) Average number of neuromast hair cells in each group. Each group consists of 10 7 dpf zebrafish larvae treated with respective concentration for 24 h and then allowed to recover for 72 h to assess hair cell regeneration. All neomycin-treated larvae showed decreased number of hair cells to some extent; statistical analyses were performed using Student’s t-test (; ). Error bars are standard deviation.

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