Fish in behavior research: Unique tools with a great promise!

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 234, Issue , 2014, Pages 54-58

  Gerlai, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comparative behavioral brain research; Phenomics; Phenotyping; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETIC SIMILARITY; IMAGING; MAMMAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELEOST; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; FISH; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FISHES; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84905363919     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2014.04.015     Document Type: Review

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