Embryonic zebrafish neuronal growth is not affected by an applied electric field in vitro

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 411, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 128-132

  Cormie, Peter ^a   Robinson, Kenneth R ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric field; Growth cone guidance; Zebrafish neurons

Indexed keywords

LAMININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO GROWTH; GROWTH CONE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NEURAL TUBE; NEURITE; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMITE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL POLARITY; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRICITY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; NEURITES; NEURONS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 33751417183     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.10.030     Document Type: Article

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