Differences in spatio-temporal behavior of zebrafish in the open tank paradigm after a short-period confinement into dark and bright environments.

The open tank paradigm, also known as novel tank diving test, is a protocol used to evaluate the zebrafish behavior. Several characteristics have been described for this species, including scototaxis, which is the natural preference for dark environments in detriment of bright ones. However, there i...

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Main Authors: Denis B Rosemberg, Eduardo P Rico, Ben Hur M Mussulini, Angelo L Piato, Maria E Calcagnotto, Carla D Bonan, Renato D Dias, Rachel E Blaser, Diogo O Souza, Diogo L de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21559304/?tool=EBI