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Socially induced plasticity in sensorimotor gating in the African cichlid fish Astatotilapia burtoni.
Behavioural brain research - 14 Aug 2017
Neumeister Heike, Adelman Mila, Gallagher William, Gou Jiangtao, Merrins Karin, Perkowski Melissa, Shih Stephanie, Terranova Beth, Preuss Thomas
Abstract excerpt
Deficits in prepulse inhibition (PPI), social defeat and social withdrawal are hallmark features of several neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. However, the link between social environment and PPI i.e., the possible role of social defeat in driving PPI plasticity, is far from clear. Here we explored these questions in the African cichlid fish Astatotilapia burtoni, where males exist as two distinct yet...
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