PUBLICATION

Adult zebrafish as a model organism for behavioural genetics

Authors
Norton, W., and Bally-Cuif, L.
ID
ZDB-PUB-100806-13
Date
2010
Source
BMC Neuroscience   11: 90 (Review)
Registered Authors
Bally-Cuif, Laure, Norton, Will
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Behavior, Animal/physiology*
  • Genetics, Behavioral/methods*
  • Learning/physiology
  • Models, Animal*
  • Zebrafish/genetics*
PubMed
20678210 Full text @ BMC Neurosci.
Abstract
Recent research has demonstrated the suitability of adult zebrafish to model some aspects of complex behaviour. Studies of reward behaviour, learning and memory, aggression, anxiety and sleep strongly suggest that conserved regulatory processes underlie behaviour in zebrafish and mammals. The isolation and molecular analysis of zebrafish behavioural mutants is now starting, allowing the identification of novel behavioural control genes. As a result of this, studies of adult zebrafish are now helping to uncover the genetic pathways and neural circuits that control vertebrate behaviour.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping