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ArticleNeuroscience bulletin2026

Effects of Stress Coping Styles and Social Defeat on Zebrafish Behaviour and Brain Transcriptomics.

Pavla Hubená, Lisa Benrejdal, David Brodin, Johanna Axling, Oly Sen Sarma, Peter Bergman, Svante Winberg

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Article in Neuroscience bulletin, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Pavla HubenáDepartment of Medical Cell Biology, Behavioural Neuroendocrinology, Uppsala University, 751 23, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6351-6395
Lisa BenrejdalDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 141 52, Huddinge, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0707-1296
David BrodinBioinformatics and Expression Analysis Core Facility, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, 141 52, Huddinge, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1768-6761
Johanna AxlingDepartment of Medical Cell Biology, Behavioural Neuroendocrinology, Uppsala University, 751 23, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6753-6457
Oly Sen SarmaDepartment of Medical Cell Biology, Behavioural Neuroendocrinology, Uppsala University, 751 23, Uppsala, Sweden.
Peter Bergman *Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 141 52, Huddinge, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3306-3713
Svante Winberg *Department of Medical Cell Biology, Behavioural Neuroendocrinology, Uppsala University, 751 23, Uppsala, Sweden. Svante.Winberg@neuro.uu.se.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4252-3144

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Individuals with divergent personality traits corresponding to stress coping styles have been suggested to differ in behavioural and neural plasticity. We used a model of social defeat stress to assess the coping ability of wild zebrafish selectively bred for boldness/shyness. Behavioural tests were applied to assess parameters such as boldness/exploration, aggressiveness, and displacement behaviour. Gene expression changes in the brain were assessed via RNA sequencing. The main results show a strong effect of shyness and boldness phenotype on behaviour and the brain transcriptome. Fish of the shy line displayed significant behavioural differences, while the number of differentially-expressed genes remained low. In contrast, fish of the bold line exhibited a small effect on behaviour and pronounced changes in brain gene expression. This study highlights the importance of boldness phenotype and its influence on the response to social challenges at the behavioural and transcriptomic levels.

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Adaptation, PsychologicalBehavior, AnimalBrainSocial DefeatStress, PsychologicalTranscriptomeAnimalsMalePersonalityShynessSocial BehaviorZebrafishBehavioural flexibilityLosingPlasticityProactiveReactiveWinning

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PMID40982127
PMCPMC13158335

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