Time course of the development of motor behaviors in the zebrafish embryo

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 622-632

  Saint Amant, Louis ^a   Drapeau, Pierre ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contractions; Hindbrain; Lesion; Spinal cord; Swimming; Touch response

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SWIMMING; ZEBRA FISH;

AGING; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; HEAD; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURONS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SWIMMING; TAIL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0031768122     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199812)37:4<622::AID-NEU10>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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