Measuring thigmotaxis in larval zebrafish

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 367-374

  Schnorr S J ^a   Steenbergen, P J ^a,b   Richardson, M K ^a   Champagne, D L ^a,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Behavior; Drug screening; High throughput; Pharmacology; Stress; Swimming patterns; Wall hugging

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CAFFEINE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; ILLUMINATION; LARVAL STAGE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; THIGMOTAXIS; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; MALE; TIME FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84856226477     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.12.016     Document Type: Article

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