Knockdown of zebrafish Nav1.6 sodium channel impairs embryonic locomotor activities

Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-78

  Chen, Yau Hung ^a   Huang, Fong Lee ^b   Cheng, Yi Chuan ^c   Wu, Chia Jung ^b   Yang, Cheng Ning ^b   Tsay, Huey Jen ^b  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Locomotor activities; Morpholino; Sodium channel; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL; ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; NAV1.6A PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXON; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SLOW MUSCLE; SWIMMING; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; WILD TYPE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

DANIO RERIO;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NEURONS; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; SODIUM CHANNELS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 36749033251     PISSN: 10217770     EISSN: 14230127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11373-007-9200-4     Document Type: Article

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