Measuring anxiety in zebrafish: a critical review

C Maximino, TM de Brito, AW da Silva Batista… - Behavioural brain …, 2010 - Elsevier
Zebrafish are increasingly being used in behavioral neuroscience,
neuropsychopharmacology and neurotoxicology. Recently, behavioral screens used to …

Measures of Anxiety in Zebrafish (Danio rerio): Dissociation of Black/White Preference and Novel Tank Test

RE Blaser, DB Rosemberg - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
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 …

Modeling stress and anxiety in zebrafish

JM Cachat, PR Canavello, MF Elegante… - Zebrafish models in …, 2011 - Springer
While zebrafish (Danio rerio) are widely utilized as a model species for neuroscience
research, they also possess several qualities that make them particularly useful for studying …

Behavioral measures of anxiety in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

RE Blaser, L Chadwick, GC McGinnis - Behavioural brain research, 2010 - Elsevier
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 …

Modeling anxiety using adult zebrafish: a conceptual review

A Stewart, S Gaikwad, E Kyzar, J Green, A Roth… - …, 2012 - Elsevier
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are rapidly emerging as a useful animal model in neurobehavioral
research. Mounting evidence shows the suitability of zebrafish to model various aspects of …

[PDF][PDF] A comparison of the light/dark and novel tank tests in zebrafish

C Maximino, R Benzecry, KRM Oliveira, EJO Batista… - Behaviour, 2012 - academia.edu
The recent introduction of tasks to assess the behavior of zebrafish in novel and/or aversive
environments has spurred great interest, prompting attempts to determine which constructs …

Examining behavioural test sensitivity and locomotor proxies of anxiety-like behaviour in zebrafish

A Johnson, E Loh, R Verbitsky, J Slessor… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
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 …

Zebrafish antipredatory responses: a future for translational research?

R Gerlai - Behavioural brain research, 2010 - Elsevier
Human neuropsychiatric conditions associated with abnormally exaggerated or misdirected
fear (anxiety disorders and phobias) still represent a large unmet medical need because the …

Pharmacological modulation of anxiety-like phenotypes in adult zebrafish behavioral models

A Stewart, N Wu, J Cachat, P Hart, S Gaikwad… - Progress in Neuro …, 2011 - Elsevier
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are becoming increasingly popular in neurobehavioral research.
Here, we summarize recent data on behavioral responses of adult zebrafish to a wide …

Comparative analyses of zebrafish anxiety-like behavior using conflict-based novelty tests

EV Kysil, DA Meshalkina, EE Frick, DJ Echevarria… - Zebrafish, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Modeling of stress and anxiety in adult zebrafish (Danio rerio) is increasingly utilized in
neuroscience research and central nervous system (CNS) drug discovery. Representing the …