PUBLICATION
Development of a Modified Three-Day T-maze Protocol for Evaluating Learning and Memory Capacity of Adult Zebrafish
- Authors
- Ngoc Hieu, B.T., Ngoc Anh, N.T., Audira, G., Juniardi, S., Liman, R.A.D., Villaflores, O.B., Lai, Y.H., Chen, J.R., Liang, S.T., Huang, J.C., Hsiao, C.D.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-200227-1
- Date
- 2020
- Source
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21(4): (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Hsiao, Chung-Der
- Keywords
- T-maze, ZnCl2, leptin a, passive avoidance, spatial memory, zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Maze Learning/physiology*
- Memory/physiology*
- Zebrafish/physiology*
- PubMed
- 32098080 Full text @ Int. J. Mol. Sci.
Citation
Ngoc Hieu, B.T., Ngoc Anh, N.T., Audira, G., Juniardi, S., Liman, R.A.D., Villaflores, O.B., Lai, Y.H., Chen, J.R., Liang, S.T., Huang, J.C., Hsiao, C.D. (2020) Development of a Modified Three-Day T-maze Protocol for Evaluating Learning and Memory Capacity of Adult Zebrafish. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(4):.
Abstract
A T-maze test is an experimental approach that is used in congenital research. However, the food reward-based protocol for the T-maze test in fish has low efficiency and a long training period. The aim of this study is to facilitate the T-maze conditions by using a combination of the principles of passive avoidance and a spatial memory test. In our modified T-maze settings, electric shock punishment (1-2 V, 0.3-0.5 mA) is given at the left arm, with a green cue at the right arm. Also, the depth of both arms of the T-maze was increased. The parameters measured in our T-maze design were latency, freezing time, and time spent in different areas of the T-maze. We validated the utility of our modified T-maze protocol by showing the consistent finding of memory impairment in ZnCl2-treated fish, which has been previously detected with the passive avoidance test. In addition, we also tested the spatial memory performance of leptin a (lepa) mutants which displayed an obesity phenotype. The results showed that although the learning and memory performance for lepa KO fish were similar to control fish, they displayed a higher freezing behavior during the training phase. In conclusion, we have established a modified T-maze protocol that can be used to evaluate the anxiety, learning, and memory capacity of adult zebrafish within three days, for the first time.
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