A comparative study of embedded and anesthetized zebrafish in vivo on myocardiac calcium oscillation and heart muscle contraction

• Main Authors: Brian eMuntean (Author), Christine Horvat (Author), James Behler (Author), Wissam AbouAlaiwi (Author), Andromeda Nauli (Author), Frederick Williams (Author), Surya Nauli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The zebrafish (Danio rerio) has been used as a model for studying vertebrate development in the cardiovascular system. In order to monitor heart contraction and cytosolic calcium oscillations, fish were either embedded in methylcellulose or anesthetized with tricaine. Using high-resolution different...