Forebrain and hindbrain development in zebrafish is sensitive to ethanol exposure involving agrin, Fgf, and sonic hedgehog function

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-27

  Zhang, Chengjin ^a   Ojiaku, Princess ^a,b   Cole, Gregory J ^a,b  

^a Julius L Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; Fgf; GAD1; Heparan sulfate proteoglycan; Sonic hedgehog

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; ALCOHOL; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GABAERGIC RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMINE; MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBELLUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; ZEBRA FISH;

AGRIN; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ETHANOL; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; MORPHOLINOS; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TERATOGENS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 84872398540     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23099     Document Type: Article

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