PUBLICATION
A novel 3D method of locomotor analysis in adult zebrafish: Implications for automated detection of CNS drug-evoked phenotypes
- Authors
- Stewart, A.M., Grieco, F., Tegelenbosch, R.A., Kyzar, E.J., Nguyen, M., Kaluyeva, A., Song, C., Noldus, L.P., Kalueff, A.V.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-150805-6
- Date
- 2015
- Source
- Journal of Neuroscience Methods 255: 66-74 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Kalueff, Allan V., Noldus, Lucas
- Keywords
- Drug discovery, High-throughput screening, Neurophenotype, Video tracking, Zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Accelerometry/instrumentation
- Accelerometry/methods*
- Animals
- Biomechanical Phenomena
- Drug Discovery/instrumentation
- Drug Discovery/methods*
- Equipment Design
- Female
- Lysergic Acid Diethylamide/pharmacology
- Male
- Motor Activity/drug effects
- Motor Activity/physiology
- Pattern Recognition, Automated/methods*
- Phencyclidine/pharmacology
- Phenotype
- Psychotropic Drugs/pharmacology*
- Software
- Swimming/physiology*
- Vaccines/pharmacology
- Video Recording/methods
- Zebrafish/physiology*
- PubMed
- 26238728 Full text @ J. Neurosci. Methods
Citation
Stewart, A.M., Grieco, F., Tegelenbosch, R.A., Kyzar, E.J., Nguyen, M., Kaluyeva, A., Song, C., Noldus, L.P., Kalueff, A.V. (2015) A novel 3D method of locomotor analysis in adult zebrafish: Implications for automated detection of CNS drug-evoked phenotypes. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 255:66-74.
Abstract
Background Expanding the spectrum of organisms to model human brain phenotypes is critical for our improved understanding of the pathobiology of neuropsychiatric disorders. Given the clear limitations of existing mammalian models, there is an urgent need for low-cost, high-throughput in-vivo technologies for drug and gene discovery. New method: Here, we introduce a new automated method for generating 3D (X,Y,Z) swim trajectories in adult zebrafish (Danio rerio), to improve their neurophenotyping.
Results Based on the Track3D module of EthoVision XT video tracking software (Noldus Information Technology), this tool enhances the efficient, high-throughput 3D analyses of zebrafish behavioral responses. Applied to adult zebrafish behavior, this 3D method is highly sensitive to various classes of psychotropic drugs, including selected psychostimulant and hallucinogenic agents. Comparison with Existing METHODS: Our present method offers a marked advance in the existing 2D and 3D methods of zebrafish behavioral phenotyping, minimizing research time and recording high-resolution, automatically synchronized videos with calculated, high-precision object positioning.
Conclusions Our novel approach brings practical simplicity and 'integrative' capacity to the often complex and error-prone quantification of zebrafish behavioral phenotypes. Illustrating the value of 3D swim path reconstructions for identifying experimentally-evoked phenotypic profiles, this method fosters innovative, ethologically relevant, and fully automated small molecule screens using adult zebrafish.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping