The zebrafish- Danio rerio - Is a useful model for measuring the effects of small-molecule mitigators of late effects of ionizing irradiation

In Vivo

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 889-897

  Epperly, Michael W ^a   Bahary, Nathan ^a   Quader, Mubina ^a   DeWald, Valerie ^a   Greenberger, Joel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant therapy; Radiation fibrosis; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

AMIFOSTINE; ANTIOXIDANT; COLLAGEN; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT; TEMPOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; SURVIVAL; TAIL; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 84872185940     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: 17917549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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