Functional Regeneration in the Larval Zebrafish Spinal Cord

Model Organisms in Spinal Cord Regeneration

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 263-288

  Bhatt, D Harshad ^a   Patzelova, Hana ^a   McLean, David L ^b   Fetcho, Joseph R ^b   Zottoli, Steven J ^c  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anurans; Escape circuit; Functional regeneration; Larval zebrafish spinal cord; Mauthner neuron; Teleost fish; Urodeles; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052564601     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527610365.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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