Quantification of birefringence readily measures the level of muscle damage in zebrafish

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 423, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 785-788

  Berger, Joachim ^a   Sztal, Tamar ^a   Currie, Peter D ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Muscle; Muscular dystrophy; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIREFRINGENCE; DENSITOMETRY; FILTER; LARVA; LIGHT; MICROSCOPE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SARCOMERE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BIREFRINGENCE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LARVA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; MUTATION; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84863857089     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.06.040     Document Type: Article

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