A novel approach to study motor neurons from zebrafish embryos and larvae in culture

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 277-282

  Sakowski, Stacey A ^a   Lunn, J Simon ^a   Busta, Angela S ^a   Palmer, Madeline ^a   Dowling, James J ^a   Feldman, Eva L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ex vivo culture; Motor neuron; Primary culture; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EX VIVO STUDY; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LARVA; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROGENESIS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84857135609     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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