Can zebrafish be used as a model to study the neurodevelopmental causes of autism?

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 268-281

  Tropepe, V ^a   Sive, H L ^a  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Brain; Development; Genetic behavior; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COST CONTROL; DISEASE MODEL; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETIC SCREENING; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242291084     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1601-183X.2003.00038.x     Document Type: Review

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