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The impact of housing environment color on zebrafish anxiety-like behavioral and physiological (cortisol) responses. / de Abreu, Murilo S; Giacomini, Ana C. V. V.; Genario, Rafael; Dos Santos, Bruna E.; Marcon, Leticia; Demin, Konstantin A.; Kalueff, Allan V.
In: General and Comparative Endocrinology, Vol. 294, 113499, 01.08.2020, p. 113499.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - The impact of housing environment color on zebrafish anxiety-like behavioral and physiological (cortisol) responses
AU - de Abreu, Murilo S
AU - Giacomini, Ana C. V. V.
AU - Genario, Rafael
AU - Dos Santos, Bruna E.
AU - Marcon, Leticia
AU - Demin, Konstantin A.
AU - Kalueff, Allan V.
N1 - Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/8/1
Y1 - 2020/8/1
N2 - Color of the environment is an important factor modulating human and animal behavior and physiology. Animal models are a valuable tool to understand how colors affect social, cognitive and affective responses. The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is rapidly emerging as an important organism in neuroscience and physiology. Here, we examine whether the color of housing environment influences zebrafish anxiety-like behavior and whole-body cortisol levels. Overall, housing for 15 days in transparent and white holding tanks increases, and in black or blue tanks decreases, baseline anxiety-like behavior in adult zebrafish. Housing in blue tanks (vs. white) also reduced their whole-body cortisol levels. Taken together, our data suggest that color of the housing environment affects neurobehavioral and endocrine responses in zebrafish, with multiple implications for behavioral phenomics and animal welfare. Our study also reinforces zebrafish as a promising model organism to study neurobiology of compex brain-environment interactions.
AB - Color of the environment is an important factor modulating human and animal behavior and physiology. Animal models are a valuable tool to understand how colors affect social, cognitive and affective responses. The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is rapidly emerging as an important organism in neuroscience and physiology. Here, we examine whether the color of housing environment influences zebrafish anxiety-like behavior and whole-body cortisol levels. Overall, housing for 15 days in transparent and white holding tanks increases, and in black or blue tanks decreases, baseline anxiety-like behavior in adult zebrafish. Housing in blue tanks (vs. white) also reduced their whole-body cortisol levels. Taken together, our data suggest that color of the housing environment affects neurobehavioral and endocrine responses in zebrafish, with multiple implications for behavioral phenomics and animal welfare. Our study also reinforces zebrafish as a promising model organism to study neurobiology of compex brain-environment interactions.
KW - Behavior
KW - cortisol
KW - Anxiety
KW - zebrafish
KW - COLOR
KW - Color
KW - Zebrafish
KW - Cortisol
KW - Hydrocortisone/metabolism
KW - Male
KW - Behavior, Animal
KW - Animals
KW - Zebrafish/physiology
KW - Housing, Animal
KW - Anxiety/physiopathology
KW - Female
KW - Models, Animal
KW - DANIO-RERIO
KW - MODEL
KW - PREFERENCES
KW - GENDER
KW - STRESS
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/83e1e87d-acea-3be8-8a1f-0f8fcce55f39/
U2 - 10.1016/j.ygcen.2020.113499
DO - 10.1016/j.ygcen.2020.113499
M3 - Article
C2 - 32360541
VL - 294
SP - 113499
JO - General and Comparative Endocrinology
JF - General and Comparative Endocrinology
SN - 0016-6480
M1 - 113499
ER -
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