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Zebrafish bandoneon mutants display behavioral defects due to a mutation in the glycine receptor beta-subunit.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 7 Jun 2005
Hirata Hiromi, Saint-Amant Louis, Downes Gerald B, Cui Wilson W, Zhou Weibin, Granato Michael, Kuwada John Y
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Bilateral alternation of muscle contractions requires reciprocal inhibition between the two sides of the hindbrain and spinal cord, and disruption of this inhibition should lead to simultaneous activation of bilateral muscles. At 1 day after fertilization, wild-type zebrafish respond to mechanosensory stimulation with multiple fast alternating trunk contractions, whereas bandoneon (beo) mutants contract trunk...
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