title: The effect of aminoglycoside antibiotics on the lateral line organ of Aplocheilus lineatus (Cyprinodontidae).
abstract: The effect of neomycin and streptomycin on the lateral line system of fishes was studied behaviourally by testing the animal's ability to localize a wave source. Increasing doses of both substances produce increasing loss of lateral line reactions, up to total inexcitability. The toxicity of both antibiotics was very similar. Lateral line sensitivity recovered 1-3 days after antibiotic removal.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003532:Cyprinodontiformes; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006198:Hair Cells, Auditory / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009355:Neomycin / Q000633:toxicity*; D013017:Sound Localization / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D009355:Neomycin; D013307:Streptomycin