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Using Touch-evoked Response and Locomotion Assays to Assess Muscle Performance and Function in Zebrafish.
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE - 31 Oct 2016
Sztal Tamar E, Ruparelia Avnika A, Williams Caitlin, Bryson-Richardson Robert J
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Zebrafish muscle development is highly conserved with mammalian systems making them an excellent model to study muscle function and disease. Many myopathies affecting skeletal muscle function can be quickly and easily assessed in zebrafish over the first few days of embryogenesis. By 24 hr post-fertilization (hpf), wildtype zebrafish spontaneously contract their tail muscles and by 48 hpf, zebrafish exhibit...
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