Unpredictable chronic stress decreases inhibitory avoidance learning in Tuebingen long-fin zebrafish: Stronger effects in the resting phase than in the active phase

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 3919-3928

  Manuel, Remy ^a   Gorissen, Marnix ^a   Zethof, Jan ^a   Ebbesson, Lars O E ^b   Van De Vis, Hans ^c   Flik, Gert ^a   Van Den Bos, Ruud ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Uni Research AS   (Norway)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Danio rerio; Diurnal effects; Gene expression; Telencephalon

Indexed keywords

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HYDROCORTISONE; MODELS, ANIMAL; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84925328319     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.109736     Document Type: Article

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