Acute nicotine exposure and modulation of a spinal motor circuit in embryonic zebrafish

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Thomas, Latoya T ^a   Welsh, Lillian ^a   Galvez, Fernando ^a   Svoboda, Kurt R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Desensitization; Embryo; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; TEMPERATURE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; ORGANOGENESIS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 67650689042     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2008.08.023     Document Type: Article

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