Systolic and diastolic ventricular function in zebrafish embryos: Influence of norepenephrine, MS-222 and temperature

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Zebrafish are increasingly used to study the influences of gene mutation and manipulation on cardiac development, structure and function. In this study, a video edge detection system was used to characterise, continuously, cardiac ve...

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Main Authors: Mullins John J, Tucker Carl S, Denvir Martin A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-02-01
Series:BMC Biotechnology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6750/8/21