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Terrestrial jumping assay for adult zebrafish as a potential tool to assess motor, affective and drug-evoked phenotypes.
| Title: | Terrestrial jumping assay for adult zebrafish as a potential tool to assess motor, affective and drug-evoked phenotypes. |
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| Authors: | Bai R; Department of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, School of Science, Xi'an-Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), China; Suzhou Municipal Key Laboratory on Neurobiology and Cell Signaling, XJTLU, Suzhou, China., Li Z; Department of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, School of Science, Xi'an-Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), China; Suzhou Municipal Key Laboratory on Neurobiology and Cell Signaling, XJTLU, Suzhou, China., Wang Y; Department of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, School of Science, Xi'an-Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), China; Suzhou Municipal Key Laboratory on Neurobiology and Cell Signaling, XJTLU, Suzhou, China., Wang G; Suzhou Municipal Key Laboratory on Neurobiology and Cell Signaling, XJTLU, Suzhou, China., Wang Y; Department of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, School of Science, Xi'an-Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), China; Suzhou Municipal Key Laboratory on Neurobiology and Cell Signaling, XJTLU, Suzhou, China., Chu J; Department of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, School of Science, Xi'an-Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), China; Suzhou Municipal Key Laboratory on Neurobiology and Cell Signaling, XJTLU, Suzhou, China., Yao H; Department of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, School of Science, Xi'an-Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), China; Suzhou Municipal Key Laboratory on Neurobiology and Cell Signaling, XJTLU, Suzhou, China., Sawitri NLN; Indonesia International Institute for Life-Sciences, Jakarta, Indonesia., Fu Z; Department of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, School of Science, Xi'an-Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), China; Suzhou Municipal Key Laboratory on Neurobiology and Cell Signaling, XJTLU, Suzhou, China., Suo Q; Department of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, School of Science, Xi'an-Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), China; Suzhou Municipal Key Laboratory on Neurobiology and Cell Signaling, XJTLU, Suzhou, China., Cai H; Department of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, School of Science, Xi'an-Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), China; Suzhou Municipal Key Laboratory on Neurobiology and Cell Signaling, XJTLU, Suzhou, China., Zhao C; Department of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, School of Science, Xi'an-Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), China; Suzhou Municipal Key Laboratory on Neurobiology and Cell Signaling, XJTLU, Suzhou, China., Lu Q; Department of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, School of Science, Xi'an-Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), China; Suzhou Municipal Key Laboratory on Neurobiology and Cell Signaling, XJTLU, Suzhou, China., He Z; Department of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, School of Science, Xi'an-Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), China; Suzhou Municipal Key Laboratory on Neurobiology and Cell Signaling, XJTLU, Suzhou, China., Jiang X; Department of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, School of Science, Xi'an-Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), China; Suzhou Municipal Key Laboratory on Neurobiology and Cell Signaling, XJTLU, Suzhou, China., Pang Y; Department of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, School of Science, Xi'an-Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), China; Suzhou Municipal Key Laboratory on Neurobiology and Cell Signaling, XJTLU, Suzhou, China., Yang L; Department of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, School of Science, Xi'an-Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), China; Suzhou Municipal Key Laboratory on Neurobiology and Cell Signaling, XJTLU, Suzhou, China., Cui J; Department of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, School of Science, Xi'an-Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), China; Suzhou Municipal Key Laboratory on Neurobiology and Cell Signaling, XJTLU, Suzhou, China., de Abreu MS; The International Zebrafish Neuroscience Research Consortium (ZNRC), New Orleans, USA; Graduate Program in Health Sciences, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Electronic address: abreu_murilo@hotmail.com., Stewart AM; The International Zebrafish Neuroscience Research Consortium (ZNRC), New Orleans, USA., Perfilova VN; Volgograd State Medical University, Volgograd, Russia., Kalueff AV; The International Zebrafish Neuroscience Research Consortium (ZNRC), New Orleans, USA; St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia; COBRAIN Neuroscience Center, M. Heratsi Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia. Electronic address: avkalueff@gmail.com. |
| Source: | Behavioural brain research [Behav Brain Res] 2026 Oct 18; Vol. 515, pp. 116414. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Aug 12. |
| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Journal Info: | Publisher: Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 8004872 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1872-7549 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 01664328 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Behav Brain Res Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: Amsterdam, Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press. |
| MeSH Terms: | Zebrafish*/physiology , Motor Activity*/drug effects , Motor Activity*/physiology , Behavior, Animal*/drug effects , Behavior, Animal*/physiology , Affect*/drug effects , Affect*/physiology, Ethanol/pharmacology ; Caffeine/pharmacology ; Pheromones/pharmacology ; Arecoline/pharmacology ; Animals ; Phenotype ; Male ; Video Recording ; Female |
| Abstract: | Terrestrial jumping is a typical evolutionarily conserved 'survival' fish behavior. Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are widely used as a model organism in CNS research and drug discovery. Here, we explore the potential utility of the terrestrial jumping assay to characterize behavioral effects of a wide range of pharmacological and other experimental manipulations in adult zebrafish. For this, zebrafish were individually placed in a large glass tank and their jumping behavioral profile was assessed for 60 s by video-recording and subsequent off-line analyses of escape-like jumps and immobility episodes in a slow mode. Treatment groups including acute exposure to ethanol, arecoline, caffeine, alarm pheromone and live predator (Nandus nandus), as well as chronic exposure to neuroactive drugs fluoxetine, reserpine, cuprizone and rotenone. Overall, the assay shows high sensitivity to various experimental manipulations, supporting the utility of the terrestrial jumping assay as a fast, low-cost and single-trial behavioral paradigm to assess both motor phenotypes and affective-like responses in zebrafish. (Copyright © 2026 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.) |
| Competing Interests: | Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Allan Kalueff reports financial support was provided by Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. If there are other authors, they declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Affective phenotype; Drug screening; Motor phenotype; Terrestrial jumping; Zebrafish |
| Substance Nomenclature: | 3K9958V90M (Ethanol) 3G6A5W338E (Caffeine) 0 (Pheromones) 4ALN5933BH (Arecoline) |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260812 Date Completed: 20260904 Latest Revision: 20260904 |
| Update Code: | 20260905 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.bbr.2026.116414 |
| PMID: | 42586488 |
| Database: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1872-7549 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.bbr.2026.116414 |