Mapping Cavefish Brains (IMAGE)

Florida Atlantic University

Mapping Cavefish Brains

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Scientists are the first to identify large-scale differences between surface fish and cavefish populations of A. mexicanus, as well as between different populations of cavefish. They used whole-brain imaging of circuits associated with sleep and feeding and whole-brain pERK neural activity imaging, which reveals altered landscape of brain activity.

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Florida Atlantic University

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