Animated bird silhouette above the tank: Acute alcohol diminishes fear responses in zebrafish

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 194-201

  Luca, Ruxandra M ^a   Gerlai, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Anxiety; EtOH; Fear; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEAR; FEMALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84856336531     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.01.021     Document Type: Article

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