Zebrafish embryos exposed to alcohol undergo abnormal development of motor neurons and muscle fibers

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 472-480

  Sylvain, Nicole J ^a   Brewster, Daniel L ^a   Ali, Declan W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Centre for Neuroscience   (Canada)

Author keywords

CNS; Ethanol; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO MORTALITY; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ETHANOL; LARVA; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; SWIMMING; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 77953028408     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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