The submerged plus maze as an assay for studying anxiety-like behaviour in fish

2019

Yes

elevated plus maze
anxiety-testing
behavioural testing
fish behaviour
anxiolytic
anxiogenic

The elevated plus maze is a commonly used and well-validated test of anxiety-related behaviour in rodents. The use of fish in behavioural neuroscience paradigms is increasing, necessitating an equivalent test for studying anxiety-like behaviour in fish. Because behaviour in the elevated plus maze is driven by aversion to open space, the submerged plus maze described here uses transparent walls to elicit similar behaviour in fish. The tendency of fish to explore or avoid the sections of the maze containing transparent walls is used as proxy for anxiety level. This submerged plus maze was designed and validated for convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata) fish.

Hope, B., Hamilton, T.J., Hurd, P. (2019). The submerged plus maze as an assay for studying anxiety-like behaviour in fish. The submerged plus maze as an assay for studying anxiety-like behaviour in fish. MethodsX. 6:1832-1837. doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2019.07.002

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2019.07.002

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