The fully integrated Zantiks units enable reproducible protocols such as the 5-choice serial reaction time task, a training stage from which is illustrated in this video. With an isolated chamber and built-in stimuli the environment is replicated exactly for each adult zebrafish studied.
22 December 2020
A new study in Laterality investigated the relationship between neuroanatomical or behavioural lateralization and anxiety using a light-dark preference test in adult zebrafish.
02 December 2020
We are pleased to announce that our interns have successfully completed their internships with us and generated some great data. In just one summer all of our interns were able to produce work which was presented at this years entsoc virtual meeting! Check out their posters and presentations on startle response and circadian rhythms in Drosophila and mosquito larvae.
10 August 2020
A new study in symmetry suggests that the behaviour exhibited in a test measuring brain lateralization is predictive of the side bias exhibited by zebrafish in a 2-choice discrimination task. Lateralized individuals tended to turn to a preferred side of the experimental tank regardless of extensive training, making it difficult to understand whether these individuals have the cognitive abilities to solve the task.