Pohl, Johannes
- Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
Newly fertilized zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos were exposed to increasing concentrations of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) citalopram from fertilization until six days post-fertilization (dpf). Locomotor activity data were acquired at six dpf using an automated ZebraBox (R) infrared tracking system. Individual (n = 32) locomotor activity was recorded during 75 minutes in total during alternating illumination conditions (0% light, i.e. dark periods, and 100% light, i.e. light periods). The first 15 minutes of the test consisted of a dark period, i.e an acclimatization phase. Afterward, six alternating light and dark periods were conducted. Individual zebrafish embryo-larvae locomotion was tracked and aggregated in ten-second bins. The dataset, containing nine locomotor-related quantified endpoints (factors), was parsed, analyzed, and visualized using R software. The dataset and its associated custom R script may be used to further explore locomotor activity outcomes (e.g. anxiolytic or anxiogenic properties) following exposure to citalopram or other neuroactive chemicals. (c) 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc.
Keywords
Zebrafish; Behavior; Locomotor activity; Developmental biology; Developmental neurotoxicology
Published in
Data in Brief
2019, volume: 27, article number: 104812
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Behavioral Sciences Biology
Developmental Biology
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.104812
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/104377