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Zinc shows limited protection against cadmium-induced hair cell death. Zinc sulfate failed to reduce hair cell death when administered (A) alongside cadmium chloride and only showed a slight reduction at the highest dose tested when administered (B) 1 h before and during cadmium chloride treatment. This protection was not seen when tested against a range of cadmium chloride doses (C). Data are displayed as mean ± standard deviation. ***p < 0.001 as compared to the 0 zinc sulfate control by Two-Way ANOVA and Šídák multiple comparisons test. n = 10 fish for all groups. (D) Representative images of the IO4 Neuromast in control (top) and zinc sulfate treated (bottom) fish following treatment with either 0 (left) or 60 (right) μM cadmium chloride.
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