Aquatic light/dark plus maze novel environment for assessing anxious versus exploratory behavior in zebrafish (Danio rerio) and other small teleost fish

Neuromethods

Volumn 51, Issue , 2011, Pages 99-108

  Gould, Georgianna G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; exploration; light avoidance; light dark plus maze; Novel environment; thigmotaxis

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC LIGHT DARK PLUS MAZE TEST; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RESPONSE TIME; RODENT; TELEOST; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; RODENTIA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 78149342804     PISSN: 08932336     EISSN: 19406045     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-953-6_8     Document Type: Article

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