Axonal projections originating from raphe serotonergic neurons in the developing and adult Zebrafish, Danio Rerio, using transgenics to visualize Raphe-specific pet1 expression

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 512, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-182

  Lillesaar, Christina ^a   Stigloher, Christian ^a   Tannhäuser, Birgit ^a   Wullimann, Mario F ^b   Bally Cuif, Laure ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 HT; Green fluorescent protein; Pet1; Raphe; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN PET1; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PET1 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO; INNERVATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAPHE NUCLEUS; REPORTER GENE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; TELENCEPHALON; TRANSGENICS; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AXONS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RAPHE NUCLEI; SEROTONIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 58249089086     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21887     Document Type: Article

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