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Behavioural responses of the hagfish Eptatretus stoutii to nutrient and noxious stimuli

dc.contributor.authorGlover, Chris N.
dc.contributor.authorNewton, Dustin
dc.contributor.authorBejwa, Jasmin
dc.contributor.authorGoss, Greg G.
dc.contributor.authorHamilton, Trevor
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-25
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-31T01:43:44Z
dc.date.available2022-05-31T01:43:44Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe suitability of a traditional testing paradigm (e.g. choice chamber) for assessing chemosensory behaviour in the Pacific hagfish, Eptatretus stoutii, was examined. Actively-swimming hagfish, tested at night, showed no preference for any region of a T-maze in the absence of a stimulus, but in the presence of an olfactory food cue, spent significantly more time in the zone where the cue was placed. Conversely, hagfish avoided spending time in the zone the fish anaesthetic 3-amino benzoic acid ethylester (MS-222) was placed, and demonstrated significantly more reversal responses in which the fish moved its body backwards. These data suggest that hagfish are an amenable model species for laboratory testing of behaviour.
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dc.identifier.citationGlover, C., Newton, D., Bajwa, J., Goss, G., Hamilton, T. J. (2019). Behavioural responses of the hagfish Eptatretus stoutii to nutrient and noxious stimuli. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 13369. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49863-x
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49863-x
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/2299
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAttribution (CC BY)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectPacific hagfish
dc.subjectEptatretus stoutii
dc.subjectMS-222
dc.subjectamenable model species
dc.subjectT-maze
dc.subjectfeeding behaviour
dc.subjectvertebrates
dc.subjectcognition
dc.subjectchemosensation
dc.subjectevolution of vertebrate traits
dc.titleBehavioural responses of the hagfish Eptatretus stoutii to nutrient and noxious stimulien
dc.typeArticle

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