Does anyone know when during development of zebrafishs their blood-brain barrier is fully functional?

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Debayon Paul

I would suggest you to contact the following expert on zebrafish blood-brain barrier with your question- Dr. Michael Taylor, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Hope this helps.

- Debayon Paul

Brian T Hawkins

I'll second Debayon's recommendation of Micheal, though I believe he has recently moved to the University of Wisconsin.

Wenchong Zhang

Thank you very much, all you guys! Happy new year!