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. 2013 May 30;7:91. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00091

Table 1.

Effects of neuropeptides and psychophysiological compounds on food intake, locomotor activity, and emotional action in fish.

Substances Species Food intake Locomotor activity Emotional action References
CRH Goldfish Down Up Anxiogenic-like Maruyama et al., 2006; Matsuda et al., 2013b
Rainbow trout Up Anxiogenic-like Carpenter et al., 2007; Backström et al., 2011a,b
GnRH2 Goldfish Down Up Hoskins et al., 2008; Matsuda et al., 2008b
Zebrafish Down Nishiguchi et al., 2012
ODN Goldfish Down Up Anxiogenic-like Matsuda et al., 2007, 2011b
PACAP Goldfish Down Up Anxiogenic-like Matsuda et al., 2006a, 2013a
NPY Goldfish Up Down Anxiolytic-like Matsuda et al., 2011a, 2012b
Zebrafish Up Yokobori et al., 2012
Ghrelin Goldfish Up Up or Down Matsuda et al., 2006b; Yahashi et al., 2012
ORX Goldfish Up Up Nakamachi et al., 2006; Matsuda et al., 2012a
Zebrafish Up Up Yokogawa et al., 2007; Yokobori et al., 2011
Diazepam Goldfish Down Anxiolytic-like Matsuda et al., 2011b
Fluoxetine Sheepshead minnow Down Winder et al., 2012
Chinook salmon Down Clements and Schreck, 2007
FG-7142 Goldfish Up Anxiogenic-like Matsuda et al., 2011b
MK-801 Goldfish Up Kang et al., 2011

Abbreviations

CRH

corticotropin-releasing hormone

GnRH2

gonadotropin-releasing hormone 2

ODN

octadecaneuropeptide

PACAP

pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide

NPY

neuropeptide Y

ORX

orexin

Fluoxetine

a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor

FG-7142

a central-type benzodiazepine receptor inverse agonist

MK-801

an N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antagonist.