Exploring the Importance of Environmental Complexity for Newly Hatched Zebrafish.

ABSTRACT: The effects of an early impoverished social or physical environment on vertebrate neural development and cognition has been known for decades. While existing studies have focused on the long-term effects, measuring adult cognitive phenotypes, studies on the effects of environmental complexity on the early stages of development are lacking. Zebrafish (Danio rerio) hatchlings are assumed to have minimal interaction with their environment and are routinely reared in small, bare containers. To investigate the effects of being raised under such conditions on development of behaviour and cognition, hatchlings housed for 10 days in either an enriched or a standard environment underwent two cognitive tasks. The results were mixed. Subjects of the two treatments did not differ in performance

SUBMITTER: Santaca M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11011065 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature