Zebrafish (Danio rerio) responds to images animated by mathematical models of animal grouping

Abaid, Nicole; Spinello, Chiara; Laut, Jeffrey; Porfiri, Maurizio

doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2012.03.028

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“…15 Within this experiment, size was not measured, but there were not visually significant differences within a given age group. Wild-type coloration was also used for all experiments.…”

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confidence: 93%

Reducing the Noise in Behavioral Assays: Sex and Age in Adult Zebrafish Locomotion

Philpott¹,

Donack²,

Cousin

et al. 2012

Zebrafish

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Many assays are used in animal model systems to measure specific human disease-related behaviors. The use of both adult and larval zebrafish as a behavioral model is gaining popularity. As this work progresses and potentially translates into new treatments, we must do our best to improve the sensitivity of these assays by reducing confounding factors. Scientists who use the mouse model system have demonstrated that sex and age can influence a number of behaviors. As a community, they have moved to report the age and sex of all animals used in their studies. Zebrafish work does not yet carry the same mandate. In this study, we evaluated sex and age differences in locomotion behavior. We found that age was a significant factor in locomotion, as was sex within a given age group. In short, as zebrafish age, they appear to show less base level locomotion. With regard to sex, younger (10 months) zebrafish showed more locomotion in males, while older zebrafish (22 months) showed more movement in females. These findings have led us to suggest that those using the zebrafish for behavioral studies control for age and sex within their experimental design and report these descriptors in their methods.

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“…15 Within this experiment, size was not measured, but there were not visually significant differences within a given age group. Wild-type coloration was also used for all experiments.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 93%

Reducing the Noise in Behavioral Assays: Sex and Age in Adult Zebrafish Locomotion

Philpott¹,

Donack²,

Cousin

et al. 2012

Zebrafish

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“…In the future, advanced tracking technology based on computer vision will enable virtual fish to effectively respond in real-time to real fish. Theoretical models using computer animations have predicted prey-predator and social interactions of fish [32, 75]. The incorporation of theoretical models into a real-time system will help computer animations shed light on the evolution of animal behaviour.…”

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confidence: 99%

Three-dimensional computer graphic animations for studying social approach behaviour in medaka fish: Effects of systematic manipulation of morphological and motion cues

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We studied social approach behaviour in medaka fish using three-dimensional computer graphic (3DCG) animations based on the morphological features and motion characteristics obtained from real fish. This is the first study which used 3DCG animations and examined the relative effects of morphological and motion cues on social approach behaviour in medaka. Various visual stimuli, e.g., lack of motion, lack of colour, alternation in shape, lack of locomotion, lack of body motion, and normal virtual fish in which all four features (colour, shape, locomotion, and body motion) were reconstructed, were created and presented to fish using a computer display. Medaka fish presented with normal virtual fish spent a long time in proximity to the display, whereas time spent near the display was decreased in other groups when compared with normal virtual medaka group. The results suggested that the naturalness of visual cues contributes to the induction of social approach behaviour. Differential effects between body motion and locomotion were also detected. 3DCG animations can be a useful tool to study the mechanisms of visual processing and social behaviour in medaka.

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“…For example, zebrafish are extensively used to study the effects of drugs of abuse and ethanol administration [33]–[36]. Furthermore, with the aim of generating high-throughput behavioral data [37], considerable research is being performed to integrate animated images of conspecifics, heterospecifics [38], [39], and predators [2] in experimental paradigms. In the context of ethorobotics, we have recently proposed a series of dichotomous preference tests to study zebrafish response to an anchored robotic fish whose design is inspired by salient features of attraction in zebrafish.…”

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Collective Response of Zebrafish Shoals to a Free-Swimming Robotic Fish

2013

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In this work, we explore the feasibility of regulating the collective behavior of zebrafish with a free-swimming robotic fish. The visual cues elicited by the robot are inspired by salient features of attraction in zebrafish and include enhanced coloration, aspect ratio of a fertile female, and carangiform/subcarangiform locomotion. The robot is autonomously controlled with an online multi-target tracking system and swims in circular trajectories in the presence of groups of zebrafish. We investigate the collective response of zebrafish to changes in robot speed, achieved by varying its tail-beat frequency. Our results show that the speed of the robot is a determinant of group cohesion, quantified through zebrafish nearest-neighbor distance, which increases with the speed of the robot until it reaches . We also find that the presence of the robot causes a significant decrease in the group speed, which is not accompanied by an increase in the freezing response of the subjects. Findings of this study are expected to inform the design of experimental protocols that leverage the use of robots to study the zebrafish animal model.

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Zebrafish (Danio rerio) responds to images animated by mathematical models of animal grouping

Cited by 31 publications

References 32 publications

Reducing the Noise in Behavioral Assays: Sex and Age in Adult Zebrafish Locomotion

Reducing the Noise in Behavioral Assays: Sex and Age in Adult Zebrafish Locomotion

Three-dimensional computer graphic animations for studying social approach behaviour in medaka fish: Effects of systematic manipulation of morphological and motion cues

Collective Response of Zebrafish Shoals to a Free-Swimming Robotic Fish

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