Development of the locomotor network in zebrafish

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 85-111

  Drapeau, Pierre ^a   Saint Amant, Louis ^a   Buss, Robert R ^a   Chong, Mabel ^a   McDearmid, Jonathan R ^a   Brustein, Edna ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; IMAGING; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE NET; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0036810510     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0082(02)00075-8     Document Type: Review

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