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Bibliographic
Searching Tools on Disease Models: Locating Alternatives for Animals in Research |
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A COMPANION TO: SOURCEBOOK OF MODELS FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
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animal model selection
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free databases & resources
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proprietary
databases option if subscription available |
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| potential models |
AGRICOLA |
AltWeb
Pain; Humane
Endpoints ANZCCART Fact Sheet: Pain Ensembl Genome Browser ILAR Animal Models Intern'l Mouse Strain Resource Mouse Models of Human Cancers Consortium NCI Mouse Models NIH Model Organisms UKCCCR Guidelines NIGMS Trauma, Burn, Wound Isogenic - Animal Models |
ASFA |
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suggested databases
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free embedded search examples |
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| sea urchin embryo |
PubMed
TOXNET |
ASFA Biosis SciFinder |
cellular
activity metals and early development transcription in TOXLINE in HSDB |
| S. cerevisiae (budding yeast) |
PubMed | Biosis ISI Web of Science |
drug
design glucose dna |
| Neurospora (filamentous fungus) |
PubMed
Resources |
Biosis ISI Web of Science |
model
evolutionary |
| D. discoideum (social amoebae) |
PubMed
DictyBase Dicty Workbench |
Biosis ISI Web of Science |
cytokinesis signal transduction development |
| C. elegans (round worm) |
PubMed
WormBase |
Biosis ISI Web of Science |
aging
neurological model |
| D. melanogaster (fruit fly) |
PubMed Flybase Homophila |
Biosis ISI Web of Science |
hearing balance neurodegenerative model aging |
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bees |
PubMed |
Biosis ISI Web of Science |
ethanol/alcohol |
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suggested databases
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free embedded search examples |
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fish / frogs / aquatic |
AGRICOLA |
ASFA Biosis Fish and Fisheries Worldwide Zoological Record |
zfish
as model zfish & obesity/diabetes frogs & oncogenesis frogs & neurogenesis |
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mice |
AGRICOLA |
Biosis ISI Web of Science |
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model alzheimers obesity |
| rats, guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, ferrets | AGRICOLA PubMed ANZCCART Fact Sheets |
Biosis ISI Web of Science |
ferrets
& helicobacter gp & hyperlipidemia gp & osteoarthritis rats & wound healing rats & encephalomyelitis rabbits & thrombosis |
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suggested databases
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free embedded search examples |
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| large / farm animals | Animal
Health and Production Compendium Biosis CAB FASS Guide ISI Web of Science |
cattle
as model chickens as model |
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| exotics | WildPro Information Network
ANZCCART Fact Sheet |
Biosis Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide Zoological Record |
as model |
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dogs, cats |
AGRICOLA PubMed ANZCCART Fact Sheet: Dog, Cat |
Biosis CAB ISI Web of Science |
sleep apnea |
| non-human primates | PrimateLit PubMed Guidelines for the Care & Use of Mammals in Neuroscience & Behavioral Research |
Biosis ISI Web of Science PsycInfo |
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model HIV vaccine |
Databases by Disease : Locating information based upon disease and model
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