Quantification of locomotor activity in larval Zebrafish: Considerations for the design of high-throughput behavioral studies

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Ingebretson, Justin J ^a   Masino, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; High throughput screening assays; Larval zebrafish; Locomotor activity; Measurement; Model organism

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 84878256154     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2013.00109     Document Type: Article

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