Serotonin Patterns Locomotor Network Activity in the Developing Zebrafish by Modulating Quiescent Periods

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 303-322

  Brustein, Edna ^a   Chong, Mabel ^a   Holmqvist, Bo ^b   Drapeau, Pierre ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Development; Locomotion; Neural network; Neuromodulation; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

KETANSERIN; METHYSERGIDE; QUIPAZINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; HATCHING; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SWIMMING; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; QUIPAZINE; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SWIMMING; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0242721444     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10292     Document Type: Article

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