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ArticleFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience2020

A Customizable Low-Cost System for Massively Parallel Zebrafish Behavioral Phenotyping.

William Joo, Michael D Vivian, Brett J Graham, Edward R Soucy, Summer B Thyme

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Article in Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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5 authors.

William JooBiozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Michael D VivianDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
Brett J GrahamCenter for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Edward R SoucyCenter for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Summer B ThymeDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.

Funding

National Dissemination of I-Corps@NCATS: Accelerating Translation through CommercializationUL1TR003096 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI GUTIERREZ, ORLANDO M, KIMBERLY, ROBERT P. · 2019 to 2023
$43.6M
Visual Phenotyping CoreP30EY003039 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Paul Douglas Gamlin · 1985 to 2026
$16.9M
Functional Analysis of Schizophrenia-Associated GenesR00MH110603 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI THYME, SUMMER B · 2019 to 2021
$747k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR003096NEI NIH HHS P30 EY003039NIMH NIH HHS R00 MH110603
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High-throughput behavioral phenotyping is critical to genetic or chemical screening approaches. Zebrafish larvae are amenable to high-throughput behavioral screening because of their rapid development, small size, and conserved vertebrate brain architecture. Existing commercial behavioral phenotyping systems are expensive and not easily modified for new assays. Here, we describe a modular, highly adaptable, and low-cost system. Along with detailed assembly and operation instructions, we provide data acquisition software and a robust, parallel analysis pipeline. We validate our approach by analyzing stimulus response profiles in larval zebrafish, confirming prepulse inhibition phenotypes of two previously isolated mutants, and highlighting best practices for growing larvae prior to behavioral testing. Our new design thus allows rapid construction and streamlined operation of many large-scale behavioral setups with minimal resources and fabrication expertise, with broad applications to other aquatic organisms.

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automated behaviorDanioVisionhigh-speed trackinghigh-throughput screensneuropsychiatric diseasepre-pulse inhibitionZebraBoxzebrafish

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PMID33536882
PMCPMC7847893

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