Tactile stimulation reduces fear in fish

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Schirmer, Annett ^a,b   Jesuthasan, Suresh ^a,b,c   Mathuru, Ajay S ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Emotion; Schreckstoff; Social; Stress; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AFFECT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BODY MOVEMENT; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HAIR CELL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STRESS; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; WATER FLOW; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 84888376743     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00167     Document Type: Article

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