Polluted Waterways May Alter Fish Behavior
While drugs like Prozac are designed to change brain function, there are other, perhaps less obvious ways pollution can change behavior.
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While drugs like Prozac are designed to change brain function, there are other, perhaps less obvious ways pollution can change behavior.
A study of zebrafish reveals the mix of microbes in the intestinal tract could influence brain development
Zebrafish need to learn to trust their instincts in order to socialize.
Gut microbes encourage specialized cells to prune back extra connections in brain circuits that control social behavior, research in zebrafish shows.
To learn to socialize, zebrafish need to trust their gut. Gut microbes encourage specialized cells to prune back extra connections in brain circuits that control social behavior, new UO research in zebrafish shows.