Single pentylenetetrazole exposure increases aggression in adult zebrafish at different time intervals

NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

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Article

Canzian, Julia¹  Fontana, Barbara D.^1,2  Quadros, Vanessa A.^1,2  Mueller, Talise E.^1,2  Duarte, Tamie^1,2  Rosemberg, Denis B.^1,2,3 

[1] Univ Fed Santa Maria, Dept Biochem & Mol Biol, Nat & Exact Sci Ctr, Lab Expt Neuropsychobiol, 1000 Roraima Ave, BR-97105900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil

[2] Univ Fed Santa Maria, Grad Program Biol Sci Toxicol Biochem, 1000 Roraima Ave, BR-R5 97105 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil

[3] Int Zebrafish Neurosci Res Consortium ZNRC, 309 Palmer Court, Slidell, LA 70458 USA

关键词: Aggressive behavior;    Seizure-related comorbidities;    Pentylenetetrazole;    Zebrafish;    Temporal analyses;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.neulet.2018.10.045

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Epilepsy is characterized by abnormal and recurrent hyperexcitability in brain cells. Various comorbidities are associated with epilepsy, including irritability and aggressive behavior. Aggression is a negative effect observed in epileptic patients that may be harmful to other individuals, impairing social relations. Thus, developing novel experimental models to assess behavioral phenotypes that may comorbid with neurological disorders are of great interest. Here, we investigate whether pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) increases aggression in zebrafish following a single exposure. Animals were exposed to 10 mM PTZ for 20 min and aggression-towards mirror was measured at different time intervals after recovering period (1 h, 3 h, 6 h, 24 h, 48 h, and 72 h). We observed that zebrafish showed exacerbated aggression, as well as an increased number of entries in the virtual conspecific area from 1 h to 48 h after PTZ. However, no behavioral differences were observed after 72 h. Overall, our novel findings show that a single PTZ exposure evokes aggression in a time-dependent manner, reinforcing the use of zebrafish models to explore epilepsy-related comorbidities.

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