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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2011

Chemical modulation of memory formation in larval zebrafish.

Marc A Wolman, Roshan A Jain, Laura Liss, Michael Granato

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 126 papers.

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126citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

126 citing papers in PubMed, 221 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marc A WolmanDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Roshan A Jain
Laura Liss
Michael Granato
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Genetic analysis of simple learning behaviorsR01MH092257 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI GRANATO, MICHAEL · 2010 to 2014
$2.0M
Formation and function of neural circuitsF32EY019434 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI WOLMAN, MARC A · 2009 to 2011
$151k
NEI NIH HHS 5F32EY019434-03NEI NIH HHS F32 EY019434NIMH NIH HHS MH092257NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH092257
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Whole organism-based small-molecule screens have proven powerful in identifying novel therapeutic chemicals, yet this approach has not been exploited to identify new cognitive enhancers. Here we present an automated high-throughput system for measuring nonassociative learning behaviors in larval zebrafish. Using this system, we report that spaced training blocks of repetitive visual stimuli elicit protein synthesis-dependent long-term habituation in larval zebrafish, lasting up to 24 h. Moreover, repetitive acoustic stimulation induces robust short-term habituation that can be modulated by stimulation frequency and instantaneously dishabituated through cross-modal stimulation. To characterize the neurochemical pathways underlying short-term habituation, we screened 1,760 bioactive compounds with known targets. Although we found extensive functional conservation of short-term learning between larval zebrafish and mammalian models, we also discovered several compounds with previously unknown roles in learning. These compounds included a myristic acid analog known to interact with Src family kinases and an inhibitor of cyclin dependent kinase 2, demonstrating that high-throughput chemical screens combined with high-resolution behavioral assays provide a powerful approach for the discovery of novel cognitive modulators.

Indexed as

Acoustic StimulationAnimalsHabituation, PsychophysiologicLarvaLatency Period, PsychologicalMammalsMemoryPhotic StimulationProtein BiosynthesisReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateReflex, StartleSmall Molecule LibrariesTime FactorsZebrafishReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSmall Molecule Libraries

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PMID21876167
PMCPMC3174630
OpenAlexW2052849392

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