Analysis of gastrointestinal physiology using a novel intestinal transit assay in zebrafish

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 304-312

  Field, H A ^b   Kelley, K A ^b   Martell, L ^c   Goldstein, A M ^d   Serluca, F C ^a,b  

^a NIBR   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Cambridge MA ^*  (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Gastrointestinal; Motility; Transit; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; NONHUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FLUORESCENT DYES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; LARVA; MODELS, ANIMAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 60649102106     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2008.01234.x     Document Type: Article

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