Persistent electrical coupling and locomotory dysfunction in the zebrafish mutant shocked

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2003-2009

  Luna, Victor M ^a   Wang, Meng ^a   Ono, Fumihito ^a,c   Gleason, Michelle R ^a,b   Dallman, Julia E ^a   Mandel, Gail ^a,b   Brehm, Paul ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; GAP JUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; LOCOMOTION; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHENOTYPE; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 4644359597     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00454.2004     Document Type: Article

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