Enrichment for laboratory zebrafish—A review of the evidence and the challenges

CH Stevens, BT Reed, P Hawkins - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The zebrafish is one of the most commonly used animals in scientific
research, but there remains a lack of consensus over good practice for zebrafish housing …

Aerobic swimming in intensive finfish aquaculture: applications for production, mitigation and selection

DJ McKenzie, AP Palstra, J Planas… - Reviews in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We review knowledge on applications of sustained aerobic swimming as a tool to promote
productivity and welfare of farmed fish species. There has been extensive interest in whether …

The zebrafish world of colors and shapes: preference and discrimination

J Oliveira, M Silveira, D Chacon, A Luchiari - Zebrafish, 2015 - liebertpub.com
Natural environment imposes many challenges to animals, which have to use cognitive
abilities to cope with and exploit it to enhance their fitness. Since zebrafish is a well …

Barren environment damages cognitive abilities in fish: Behavioral and transcriptome mechanisms

Z Zhang, Y Fu, F Shen, Z Zhang, H Guo… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The surrounding environments that animals inhabit shape their behavioral phenotypes,
physiological status and molecular processes. As one of the driving forces for the adaptation …

Cognitive enrichment to increase fish welfare in aquaculture: A review

A Kleiber, M Stomp, M Rouby, VHB Ferreira… - Aquaculture, 2023 - Elsevier
While most animals have received increasing attention for their welfare, consideration for
fish welfare has started more recently, particularly since the recognition that fish have …

Swimming exercise enhances brain plasticity in fish

D Mes, AP Palstra, CV Henkel… - Royal Society open …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
It is well-established that sustained exercise training can enhance brain plasticity and boost
cognitive performance in mammals, but this phenomenon has not received much attention in …

High-fat diet impairs cognitive function of zebrafish

S Meguro, S Hosoi, T Hasumura - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
An unhealthy diet with excessive fat intake has often been claimed to induce not only obesity
but also cognitive dysfunction in mammals; however, it is not known whether this is the case …

[HTML][HTML] Physical exercise prevents behavioral alterations in a reserpine-treated zebrafish: A putative depression model

GM de Melo Martins, BD Petersen, G Rübensam… - Pharmacology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Major depressive disorder (MDD) has increasingly reached the world population with an
expressive increase in recent years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here we used adult …

A new model to study visual attention in zebrafish

D Braida, L Ponzoni, R Martucci, M Sala - Progress in Neuro …, 2014 - Elsevier
The major part of cognitive tasks applied to zebrafish has not fully assessed their attentional
ability, a process by which the nervous system learns, organizes sensory input and …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of exercise on anxiety-like behavior in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

C DePasquale, J Leri - Behavioural Processes, 2018 - Elsevier
In non-human mammals, exercise has been shown to decrease anxiety-like behavior.
Conversely, a number of studies have reported no effect or even an increase in anxiety-like …