Zebrafish: development of a vertebrate model organism

JR Meyers - Current Protocols Essential Laboratory …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are a small‐bodied tropical, freshwater fish species originally from
South Asia. The ease of care, year‐round prolific breeding, and transparent, external …

Zebrafish behavior: opportunities and challenges

MB Orger, GG de Polavieja - Annual review of neuroscience, 2017 - annualreviews.org
A great challenge in neuroscience is understanding how activity in the brain gives rise to
behavior. The zebrafish is an ideal vertebrate model to address this challenge, thanks to the …

Zebrafish: Housing and husbandry recommendations

P Aleström, L D'Angelo, PJ Midtlyng… - Laboratory …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This article provides recommendations for the care of laboratory zebrafish (Danio rerio) as
part of the further implementation of Annex A to the European Convention on the protection …

Social preference tests in zebrafish: a systematic review

A Ogi, R Licitra, V Naef, M Marchese… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The use of animal models in biology research continues to be necessary for the
development of new technologies and medicines, and therefore crucial for enhancing …

Enrichment for laboratory zebrafish—A review of the evidence and the challenges

CH Stevens, BT Reed, P Hawkins - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The zebrafish is one of the most commonly used animals in scientific
research, but there remains a lack of consensus over good practice for zebrafish housing …

Mechanisms of social buffering of fear in zebrafish

AI Faustino, A Tacão-Monteiro, RF Oliveira - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Some humans thrive whereas others resign when exposed to threatening situations
throughout life. Social support has been identified as an important modulator of these …

Forebrain control of behaviorally driven social orienting in zebrafish

SJ Stednitz, EM McDermott, D Ncube, A Tallafuss… - Current biology, 2018 - cell.com
Deficits in social engagement are diagnostic of multiple neurodevelopmental disorders,
including autism and schizophrenia [1]. Genetically tractable animal models like zebrafish …

The zebrafish as a promising tool for modeling human brain disorders: A review based upon an IBNS Symposium

S Shams, J Rihel, JG Ortiz, R Gerlai - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2018 - Elsevier
The zebrafish represents an excellent compromise between system complexity and practical
simplicity, features that make it useful for modeling and mechanistic analysis of complex …

Improving zebrafish laboratory welfare and scientific research through understanding their natural history

CJ Lee, GC Paull, CR Tyler - Biological Reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, millions of zebrafish (Danio rerio) are used for scientific laboratory experiments for
which researchers have a duty of care, with legal obligations to consider their welfare …

Are model organisms representative for climate change research? Testing thermal tolerance in wild and laboratory zebrafish populations

R Morgan, J Sundin, MH Finnøen… - Conservation …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Model organisms can be useful for studying climate change impacts, but it is
unclear whether domestication to laboratory conditions has altered their thermal tolerance …