Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Biology Tessa Solomon-Lane was featured in a recent article from the neuroscience publication The Transmitter, which highlights the research of 10 scientists working to increase model diversity by studying animals outside the traditional model standard.
Solomon-Lane’s research on the tiny cichlid fish found that early-life social interactions among the fish can impact hormone receptor expression and disrupt stress response later in life.
鈥淚f you want to understand how powerful the social environment is, you need an animal that responds to it in these nuanced and complex ways, and this fish can totally do that,鈥� she says.
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