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A critical period for functional vestibular development in zebrafish

  1. Stephen J. Moorman†*,
  2. Rodolfo Cordova,
  3. Sarah A. Davies

Article first published online: 27 DEC 2001

DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.10052

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Developmental Dynamics

Developmental Dynamics

Volume 223, Issue 2, pages 285–291, February 2002

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Moorman, S. J., Cordova, R. and Davies, S. A. (2002), A critical period for functional vestibular development in zebrafish. Dev. Dyn., 223: 285–291. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.10052

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  1. Department of Anatomy, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio

  1. †

    Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-5635

*Department of Anatomy, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-4930

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 30 JAN 2002
  2. Article first published online: 27 DEC 2001
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 2 NOV 2001
  4. Manuscript Received: 20 AUG 2001

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  • NIH. Grant Number: DC03531
  • NASA. Grant Numbers: NAG2-1356, NCC2-1204

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