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Laser-scanning velocimetry: a confocal microscopy method for quantitative measurement of cardiovascular performance in zebrafish embryos and larvae.
BMC biotechnology - 10 Jul 2007
Malone Michael H, Sciaky Noah, Stalheim Lisa, Hahn Klaus M, Linney Elwood, Johnson Gary L
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BACKGROUND: The zebrafish Danio rerio is an important model system for drug discovery and to study cardiovascular development. Using a laser-scanning confocal microscope, we have developed a non-invasive method of measuring cardiac performance in zebrafish embryos and larvae that obtains cardiovascular parameters similar to those obtained using Doppler echocardiography in mammals. A laser scan line placed...
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