Assessment of general locomotor activity and anxiety in zebrafish (Danio rerio) in the light-dark box (tank), the shoaling test, in the novel tank and the open field tests

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Abstract

Anxiety is a complex and multifaceted neurobehavioral disorder that includes various forms of chronic pathological anxiety and fears, and is also the cause for various comorbid pathologies, such as depression or cardiovascular diseases. Behavioral testing of various model organisms, including the zebrafish (Danio rerio), is widely used to study neurobiological mechanisms of anxiety. Here, we discuss the novel tank test, the open field test, light-dark box and shoaling test that are widely used in translational biological psychiatry to characterize anxiety-related behavioral phenotypes in zebrafish.

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David S. Galstyan

Saint Petersburg State University; A.M. Granov Russian Research Center for Radiology and Surgical Technologies; Almazov National Medical Research Centre

Email: david_sam@mail.ru

Research Associate

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg; Saint Petersburg; Saint Petersburg

Tatyana O. Kolesnikova

Sirius University of Science and Technology

Email: philimontani@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5561-8583
SPIN-code: 8558-7887

Research Associate

Russian Federation, Sochi

Yurii M. Kositsyn

Saint Petersburg State University

Email: ikosicin53@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4266-808X

Research Associate

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

Konstantin N. Zabegalov

Sirius University of Science and Technology

Email: hatokiri@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9748-0324
SPIN-code: 5993-6315

Research Associate

Russian Federation, Sochi

Mariya A. Gubaidullina

Sirius University of Science and Technology

Email: mariangub@gmail.com

Research Associate

Russian Federation, Sochi

Gleb O. Maslov

Sirius University of Science and Technology; Ural Federal University

Email: maslovog6@gmail.com

Research Associate

Russian Federation, Sochi; Yekaterinburg

Konstantin A. Demin

Saint Petersburg State University; Sirius University of Science and Technology; Almazov National Medical Research Centre

Email: deminkasci@gmail.com
SPIN-code: 3830-1853

Cand. Sci. (Biol.), Senior Research Associate

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg; Sochi; Saint Petersburg

Allan V. Kalueff

Saint Petersburg State University; A.M. Granov Russian Research Center for Radiology and Surgical Technologies; Sirius University of Science and Technology; Almazov National Medical Research Centre; Ural Federal University; Novosibirsk State University; Research Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine; Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Author for correspondence.
Email: avkalueff@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7525-1950
SPIN-code: 4134-0515

Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg; Saint Petersburg; Sochi; Saint Petersburg; Yekaterinburg; Novosibirsk; Novosibirsk; Moscow

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Copyright (c) 2022 Galstyan D.S., Kolesnikova T.O., Kositsyn Y.M., Zabegalov K.N., Gubaidullina M.A., Maslov G.O., Demin K.A., Kalueff A.V.

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