Zebrafish Brain Following Overexpression of Nmu, a Gene Shown to Help Regulate Sleep (IMAGE)

California Institute of Technology

Zebrafish Brain Following Overexpression of Nmu, a Gene Shown to Help Regulate Sleep

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This image shows a larval zebrafish brain following overexpression of Nmu in which neurons that express the neuropeptide CRH are labeled green and neurons that express cfos, a marker of neuronal activity, are labeled magenta. The image shows that overexpression of Nmu activates CRH expressing neurons in the brainstem, but not in the hypothalamus.

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Cindy N. Chiu and David A. Prober/Caltech

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