Analyzing retinal axon guidance in zebrafish

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 100, Issue C, 2010, Pages 2-26

  Poulain, Fabienne E ^a   Gaynes, John A ^a   Hörndli, Cornelia Stacher ^a   Law, Mei Yee ^a   Chien, Chi Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPORATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AXONS; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROGENESIS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 78649482895     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384892-5.00001-3     Document Type: Book

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