A5018818255- Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
University of California, Los Angeles
2019-2022
Zebrafish larvae have several biological features that make them useful for cellular investigations of the mechanisms underlying learning and memory. Of particular interest in this regard is a rapid escape, or startle, reflex possessed by zebrafish larvae; reflex, C-start, mediated relatively simple neuronal circuit exhibits habituation, non-associative form learning. Here we demonstrate habituation C-start to touch resembles previously reported induced auditory vibrational stimuli. We also...
Larval zebrafish possess a number of molecular and genetic advantages for rigorous biological analyses learning memory. These have motivated the search novel forms memory in these animals that can be exploited understanding cellular bases vertebrate formation consolidation. Here, we report new form behavioral sensitization larvae is elicited by an aversive chemical stimulus [allyl isothiocyanate (AITC)] persists ≥30 min. This expressed as enhanced locomotion thigmotaxis, well elevated heart...