Of Lasers, Mutants, and See-Through Brains: Functional Neuroanatomy in Zebrafish

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 147-161

  Gahtan, Ethan ^a,b   Baier, Herwig ^a  

^a UCSF Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Command neuron; Optokinetic; Optomotor; Reticulospinal; Retinotectal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER SURGERY; MAUTHNER CELL; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; ESCAPE REACTION; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; LASERS; MUTATION; NERVE NET; NEUROANATOMY; NEURONS; VISION; VISUAL PATHWAYS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 1642272833     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20000     Document Type: Review

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