Measuring Larval Zebrafish Behavior: Locomotion, Thigmotaxis, and Startle
Published: 06-19-2016 In Publication
Zebrafish Behavior and locomotion
Larval zebrafish are genetically tractable, easy to manipulate, and can be generated in large numbers. Their small size also makes them ideal for high-throughput screens for genes or pharmacological compounds that affect behavior. Thus, larval zebrafish are an ideal model system to investigate locomotion and locomotion-based behaviors such as thigmotaxis and startle. In this chapter, I present methods to measure locomotion, thigmotaxis, and response to a startle stimulus in larval zebrafish.f