Forebrain Transcriptional Response to Transient Changes in Circulating Androgens in a Cichlid Fish.

ABSTRACT: It has been hypothesized that androgens respond to the social interactions as a way to adjust the behavior of individuals to the challenges of the social environment in an adaptive manner. Therefore, it is expected that transient changes in circulating androgen levels within physiological scope should impact the state of the brain network that regulates social behavior, which should translate into adaptive behavioral changes. Here, we examined the effect that a transient peak in androgen circulating levels, which mimics socially driven changes in androgen levels, has on the forebrain state, which harbors most nuclei of the social decision-making network. For this purpose, we successfully induced transient changes in circulating androgen levels in an African cichlid fish (Mozambique tilapia

SUBMITTER: Felix AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7263668 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature