Research Projects

Extensive research has led to the establishment of presence of an array of organized cognitive behaviour including learning, memory, attention, habituation and so on in zebrafish Daniorerio. With the increasing popularity of zebrafish as an animal model in cognitive research and further findings in the domain of zebrafishbehaviour, the importance of understanding the influence of external natural factors on cognitive intelligence of zebrafish, rises. The proposed study intends to comprehend the role of natural stimuli non-invasive in regulating cognitive behavioral endpoints in adult zebrafish. In addition, the proposed work also involves studying the influence of stimulation/disruption of specific tissue regions invasive stimuli within the live zebrafish in order to find out the probable involvement of the specific tissue regions in altering cognitive behavioral endpoints under in-vivo condition. Thus, in the present study the influence of invasive and non-invasive stimuli on cognitive intelligence of zebrafish will be investigated using biophysical and neurobehavioral experimental techniques.