Behavioral responses of newly hatched zebrafish (Danio rerio) to amino acid chemostimulants

Chemical Senses

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-100

  Lindsay, Sara M ^a,b   Vogt, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoreception; Chemosensory behavior; Development; Fish; Odor; Olfactory receptor

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; SERINE; WATER; AMINO ACID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; EMBRYO; FISH; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY ANALYSIS; STIMULATION; SWIMMING; TASTE BUD; VELOCITY; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CHEMORECEPTOR; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUTATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHEMORECEPTORS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUTATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ODORS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; SWIMMING; WATER MOVEMENTS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 5044244803     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjh009     Document Type: Article

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