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Zebrafish Models
Dr. Gerald Downes
University of Massachusetts- Amherst
Dr. Gerald Downes from the University of Massachusetts- Amherst established zebrafish models for different types of MSUD. Zebrafish are useful models for studying the effect of high levels of branched-chain amino acids on brain development and for identifying therapeutic agents with the potential to treat MSUD.