The present protocol describes the intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of adult zebrafish with neurotoxic 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) at the ventral diencephalon (Dn) and the assessment of the impairment and subsequent recovery of swimming behavior postlesion by using the open tank test, which is accompanied by analysis using a video tracking software.
Md Hamzah, N., Lim, S. M., Vijayanathan, Y., Lim, F. T., Abdul Majeed, A. B., Tan, M. P., Ramasamy, K. Locomotor Assessment of 6-Hydroxydopamine-induced Adult Zebrafish-based Parkinson's Disease Model. J. Vis. Exp. (178), e63355, doi:10.3791/63355 (2021).