Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Front Neural Circuits. 2013 Aug 2;7:126. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2013.00126. eCollection 2013.
Larval zebrafish possess several experimental advantages for investigating the molecular and neural bases of learning and memory. Despite this, neuroscientists have only recently begun to use these animals to study memory. However, in a relatively short period of time a number of forms of learning have been described in zebrafish larvae, and significant progress has been made toward their understanding. Here we provide a comprehensive review of this progress; we also describe several promising new experimental technologies currently being used in larval zebrafish that are likely to contribute major insights into the processes that underlie learning and memory.
幼体斑马鱼在研究学习和记忆的分子和神经基础方面具有一些实验优势。尽管如此,神经科学家最近才开始使用这些动物来研究记忆。然而,在相对较短的时间内,已经在斑马鱼幼虫中描述了几种形式的学习,并且在理解这些学习方面已经取得了重大进展。在这里,我们全面回顾了这一进展;我们还描述了几种在幼体斑马鱼中使用的有前途的新技术,这些技术很可能为理解学习和记忆的过程提供重要的见解。