title: The Zebrafish Neurophenome Database (ZND): a dynamic open-access resource for zebrafish neurophenotypic data.
abstract: Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are widely used in neuroscience research, where their utility as a model organism is rapidly expanding. Low cost, ease of experimental manipulations, and sufficient behavioral complexity make zebrafish a valuable tool for high-throughput studies in biomedicine. To complement the available repositories for zebrafish genetic information, there is a growing need for the collection of zebrafish neurobehavioral and neurological phenotypes. For this, we are establishing the Zebrafish Neurophenome Database (ZND; www.tulane.edu/∼znpindex/search ) as a new dynamic online open-access data repository for behavioral and related physiological data. ZND, currently focusing on adult zebrafish, combines zebrafish neurophenotypic data with a simple, easily searchable user interface, which allow scientists to view and compare results obtained by other laboratories using various treatments in different testing paradigms. As a developing community effort, ZND is expected to foster innovative research using zebrafish by federating the growing body of zebrafish neurophenotypic data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience Program, Zebrafish Neuroscience Research Consortium, Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
authors.forename: Evan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kyzar
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zapolsky
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Siddharth
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gaikwad
authors.forename: Mimi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pham
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: Adam Michael
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: St-Pierre
authors.forename: Budd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hirons
authors.forename: Allan V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Kalueff
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D016208:Databases, Factual; D009420:Nervous System; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; D010641:Phenotype; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000502:physiology*