Zebrafish embryos and larvae: a new generation of disease models and drug screens

S Ali, DL Champagne, HP Spaink… - … Research Part C …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Technological innovation has helped the zebrafish embryo gain ground as a disease model
and an assay system for drug screening. Here, we review the use of zebrafish embryos and …

[PDF][PDF] A comparison of the light/dark and novel tank tests in zebrafish

C Maximino, R Benzecry, KRM Oliveira, EJO Batista… - Behaviour, 2012 - academia.edu
The recent introduction of tasks to assess the behavior of zebrafish in novel and/or aversive
environments has spurred great interest, prompting attempts to determine which constructs …

Measures of Anxiety in Zebrafish (Danio rerio): Dissociation of Black/White Preference and Novel Tank Test

RE Blaser, DB Rosemberg - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The effects of wall color stimuli on diving, and the effects of depth stimuli on scototaxis, were
assessed in zebrafish. Three groups of fish were confined to a black, a white, or a …

Role of serotonin in zebrafish (Danio rerio) anxiety: relationship with serotonin levels and effect of buspirone, WAY 100635, SB 224289, fluoxetine and para …

C Maximino, B Puty, R Benzecry, J Araújo, MG Lima… - …, 2013 - Elsevier
Serotonin (5-HT) is a neurotransmitter that is involved in many behavioral functions,
including the organization of defense, and its putative pathological correlate, anxiety and …

Behavioral, morphometric, and gene expression effects in adult zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryonically exposed to PFOA, PFOS, and PFNA

CE Jantzen, KM Annunziato, KR Cooper - Aquatic toxicology, 2016 - Elsevier
Perfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) are a class of persistent anthropogenic chemicals that
have been detected worldwide. PFASs consist of fluorinated carbon chains of varying …

Stimuli affecting zebrafish (Danio rerio) behavior in the light/dark preference test

RE Blaser, YM Penalosa - Physiology & behavior, 2011 - Elsevier
Ethanol has been suggested to have an anxiolytic effect on zebrafish, primarily based on its
disruption of the novel tank diving response and of some social behaviors. The light/dark …

High-glucose/high-cholesterol diet in zebrafish evokes diabetic and affective pathogenesis: The role of peripheral and central inflammation, microglia and apoptosis

JJ Wang, YJ Li, K Lai, QM Zhong, KA Demin… - Progress in Neuro …, 2020 - Elsevier
Neuroinflammation and metabolic deficits contribute to the etiology of human affective
disorders, such as anxiety and depression. The zebrafish (Danio rerio) has recently …

Visual social preferences of lone zebrafish in a novel environment: strain and anxiolytic effects

PA Barba‐Escobedo, GG Gould - Genes, Brain and Behavior, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) have an innate tendency to join shoals. Based on this, we refined
visual choice tests to focus on social interaction and novelty preference. Our design follows …

Experiments on learning in zebrafish (Danio rerio): A promising model of neurocognitive function

RE Blaser, DG Vira - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
The past decade has seen rapid proliferation of behavioral research with zebrafish, and an
emergence of interest in their potential as a model of neurocognitive function. Already …

Differences in inhibitory avoidance, cortisol and brain gene expression in TL and AB zebrafish

M Gorissen, R Manuel, TNM Pelgrim… - Genes, Brain and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, we established an inhibitory avoidance paradigm in Tupfel Long‐Fin (TL)
zebrafish. Here, we compared task performance of TL fish and fish from the AB strain; …