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

Adam Stewart, Nadine Wu, Jonathan Cachat, Peter Hart, Siddharth Gaikwad, Keith Wong, Eli Utterback, Thomas Gilder, Evan Kyzar, Alan Newman, Dillon Carlos, Katie Chang, Molly Hook, Catherine Rhymes, Michael Caffery, Mitchell Greenberg, James Zadina, Allan V. Kalueff*

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Abstract

Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are becoming increasingly popular in neurobehavioral research. Here, we summarize recent data on behavioral responses of adult zebrafish to a wide spectrum of putative anxiolytic and anxiogenic agents. Using the novel tank test as a sensitive and efficient behavioral assay, zebrafish anxiety-like behavior can be bi-directionally modulated by drugs affecting the gamma-aminobutyric acid, monoaminergic, cholinergic, glutamatergic and opioidergic systems. Complementing human and rodent data, zebrafish drug-evoked phenotypes obtained in this test support this species as a useful model for neurobehavioral and psychopharmacological research.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1421-1431
Number of pages11
JournalProgress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
Volume35
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Anxiety
  • Anxiogenic drugs
  • Anxiolytic drugs
  • Novel tank test
  • Novelty-based paradigms
  • Zebrafish

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