Locomotor activity assay in zebrafish larvae: Influence of age, strain and ethanol

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 425-433

  de Esch, Celine ^a,b   van der Linde, Herma ^b   Slieker, Roderick ^a,c   Willemsen, Rob ^b   Wolterbeek, André ^a   Woutersen, Ruud ^a   De Groot, Didima ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Ethanol; Light dark; Motor activity; Strain; Zebrafish larvae

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; EMBRYO; EXPOSURE; HYPERACTIVITY; LARVA; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; WILD TYPE; ZEBRA FISH;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL USE ALTERNATIVES; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ETHANOL; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOPERIOD; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; RODENTIA;

EID: 84862121499     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: 18729738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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