Embryonic exposure to domoic acid increases the susceptibility of zebrafish larvae to the chemical convulsant pentylenetetrazole

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1547-1552

  Tiedeken, Jessica A ^a   Ramsdell, John S ^a  

^a CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Danio rerio; Domoic acid; EthoVision; Pentylenetetrazole; Seizures; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

CONVULSANT AGENT; DOMOIC ACID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; KAINIC ACID; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENT; PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; MICROINJECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEIZURE; SWIMMING; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONVULSANTS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; KAINIC ACID; LARVA; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; SEIZURES; SWIMMING; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 38449101213     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10344     Document Type: Article

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