Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, United States; Program in Neurosciences and Mental Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
Patrick E Steadman
Program in Neurosciences and Mental Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
Olivia Young
Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, United States
Meng Ting Shi
Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, United States
Maris Polanco
Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, United States
Saba Dubaishi
Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, United States
Kristopher Covert
Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, United States
Thomas Mueller
Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, United States
Program in Neurosciences and Mental Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Zebrafish have made significant contributions to our understanding of the vertebrate brain and the neural basis of behavior, earning a place as one of the most widely used model organisms in neuroscience. Their appeal arises from the marriage of low cost, early life transparency, and ease of genetic manipulation with a behavioral repertoire that becomes more sophisticated as animals transition from larvae to adults. To further enhance the use of adult zebrafish, we created the first fully segmented three-dimensional digital adult zebrafish brain atlas (AZBA). AZBA was built by combining tissue clearing, light-sheet fluorescence microscopy, and three-dimensional image registration of nuclear and antibody stains. These images were used to guide segmentation of the atlas into over 200 neuroanatomical regions comprising the entirety of the adult zebrafish brain. As an open source, online (azba.wayne.edu), updatable digital resource, AZBA will significantly enhance the use of adult zebrafish in furthering our understanding of vertebrate brain function in both health and disease.
