A Robotics-Based Behavioral Paradigm to Measure Anxiety-Related Responses in Zebrafish

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Cianca, Valentina ^a   Bartolini, Tiziana ^a   Porfiri, Maurizio ^a   Macrì, Simone ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; LIGHT DARK PREFERENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; ROBOTIC BASED BEHAVIORAL PARADIGM; SHELTER SEEKING BEHAVIOR; STIMULATION; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; ROBOTICS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84880817866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069661     Document Type: Article

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