Alone in a crowd: Effect of a nonfunctional lateral line on expression of the social hormone parathyroid hormone 2.
Alexandra Venuto, Cameron P. Smith, Marybelle Cameron-Pack, Timothy Erickson
This study shows that zebrafish with nonfunctional lateral lines have reduced pth2 expression in social contexts, suggesting they experience isolation despite being raised socially.
Biology Open · Sep 26, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience