Evolutionary and homeostatic changes in morphology of visual dendrites of Mauthner cells in Astyanax blind cavefish
Zainab Tanvir, Daihana Rivera, Kristen E. Severi, Gal Haspel, Daphne Soares
The paper examines how the absence of visual input affects the morphology of Mauthner cell dendrites in Astyanax blind cavefish and surface fish across developmental and evolutionary timescales.
The Journal of Comparative Neurology · Oct 18, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience