Microbial colonization is required for normal neurobehavioral development in zebrafish

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Phelps, Drake ^a   Brinkman, Nichole E ^a   Keely, Scott P ^a   Anneken, Emily M ^a   Catron, Tara R ^a   Betancourt, Doris ^a   Wood, Charles E ^a   Espenschied, Scott T ^b   Rawls, John F ^b   Tal, Tamara ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AEROMONAS VERONII; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINE FLORA; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; MICROBIOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONMAMMALIAN EMBRYO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ZEBRA FISH;

AEROMONAS VERONII; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 85029287324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-10517-5     Document Type: Article

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