An automated assay system to study novel tank induced anxiety

• Main Authors: Haghani, Sara, Karia, Maharshee, Cheng, Ruey-Kuang, Mathuru, Ajay Sriram
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Zebrafish; Anxiety
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/142449
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

New environments are known to be anxiogenic initially for many animals including the zebrafish. In the zebrafish, a novel tank diving (NTD) assay for solitary fish has been used extensively to model anxiety and the effect of anxiolytics. However, studies can differ in the conditions used to perform...