Zebrafish: An exciting model for investigating the spatio-temporal pattern of enteric nervous system development

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1217-1221

  Doodnath, Reshma ^a   Dervan, Adrian ^b   Wride, Michael A ^b   Puri, Prem ^a  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; GFAP; Phox2b; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN PHOX2B; PROTEIN PHOX2B ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NBPHOX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMICAL LABELING; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENT LASER CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE WALL; MICROSCOPE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL MOVEMENT; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 79952563007     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: 14379813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-010-2746-7     Document Type: Article

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