Scototaxis, the preference for dark environments in detriment of bright ones, is an index of
anxiety in zebrafish. In this work, we analyzed avoidance of the white compartment by …

The scototaxis (dark/light preference) protocol is a behavioral model for fish that is being
validated to assess the antianxiety effects of pharmacological agents and the behavioral …

The effects of wall color stimuli on diving, and the effects of depth stimuli on scototaxis, were
assessed in zebrafish. Three groups of fish were confined to a black, a white, or a …

The scototaxis test has been introduced recently to assess anxiety-like phenotypes in fish,
including zebrafish. Parametric analyses suggest that scototaxis represents an approach …

While zebrafish may be a useful behavioral model of human anxiety, it is not obvious which
behaviors are accurate measures of anxiety in zebrafish. Beginning with the premise that the …

The light/dark box test, traditionally used to quantify rodent anxiety-like behavior, has
recently been applied to the adult zebrafish (Danio rerio). Utilizing the fish's scototaxis …

Alcohol abuse can lead to severe psychological and physiological damage. Little is known,
however, about the relative impact of a small, daily dose of alcohol (daily-moderate …

Background Larval zebrafish, with a simple and transparent vertebrate brain composed of~
100 K neurons, is well suited for deciphering entire neural circuit activity underlying …

Understanding the different patterns of anxiety-like behavioral responses is of great interest
for pharmacological and genetic research. Here we report the effects of 3.5-hr habituation …

This study assessed the sensitivity of four anxiety-like behaviour paradigms in zebrafish: the
novel tank dive test, shoaling test, light/dark test, and the less common shoal with novel …