Spontaneous activity-independent intracellular calcium signals in the developing spinal cord of the zebrafish embryo

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 131-137

  Ashworth, Rachel ^a   Bolsover, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium transient; Development; Intracellular calcium; Nervous system; Spinal cord; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; STEM CELL; ZEBRA FISH;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FLUORESCENT DYES; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURONS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELLS; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0037114974     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(02)00538-2     Document Type: Article

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