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Behavioral Approaches to Studying Innate Stress in Zebrafish
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Behavioral Approaches to Studying Innate Stress in Zebrafish

Behavioral Approaches to Studying Innate Stress in Zebrafish

DOI:
10.3791/59092-v

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05:29 min

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May 01, 2019

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1Jupiter Life Science Initiative,Florida Atlantic University, 2Wilkes Honors College and Florida Atlantic University, 3Charles E. Schmidt College of Science,Florida Atlantic University

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  • 00:04Title
  • 01:06Novel Tank Test
  • 02:09Drug Pretreatment
  • 03:29Results: Representative Zebrafish Innate Stress Analyses
  • 04:51Conclusion

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This manuscript describes a simple method to measure stress behaviorally in adult zebrafish. The approach takes advantage of the innate tendency that zebrafish prefer the bottom half of a tank when in a stressful state. We also describe methods for coupling the assay with pharmacology.

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ZebrafishNovel Tank AssayBehavioral Stress ResponseGenetic ToolsNeuronal Signaling PathwaysMexican Blind Cave FishVideo TrackingDrug TestingBlindingExperimental Design

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