Using zebrafish to unravel the genetics of complex brain disorders

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages 3-24

  Gerlai, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Fear and anxiety; Fetal alcohol syndrome; High throughput behavioral screening; Learning and memory; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; MICRORNA; MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL GENETICS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BRAIN DISEASE; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; LEARNING AND MEMORY TEST; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MUTAGENESIS; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE GENETICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TAUOPATHY; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84861458112     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2011_180     Document Type: Article

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