Developmental toxicity assay using high content screening of zebrafish embryos

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 261-272

  Lantz Mcpeak, Susan ^a   Guo, Xiaoqing ^a   Cuevas, Elvis ^a   Dumas, Melanie ^a   Newport, Glenn D ^a   Ali, Syed F ^a   Paule, Merle G ^a   Kanungo, Jyotshna ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated imaging; Ethanol; High content screening; Integrated morphometric analysis; Ketamine; Nicotine; Zebrafish embryo

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; KETAMINE; NICOTINE; TERATOGENIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; GROWTH RETARDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TERATOGENICITY; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TOXICITY TESTING;

DANIO RERIO;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TERATOGENS; TOXICITY TESTS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84921868906     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.3029     Document Type: Article

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