Development of neural circuits for social motion perception in schooling fish.

Autor: Zada D; Department of Neurobiology, School of Biological Sciences. University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA., Schulze L; Department of Neurobiology, School of Biological Sciences. University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA., Yu JH; Department of Neurobiology, School of Biological Sciences. University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA., Tarabishi P; Department of Neurobiology, School of Biological Sciences. University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA., Napoli JL; Department of Neurobiology, School of Biological Sciences. University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA., Milan J; Department of Neurobiology, School of Biological Sciences. University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA., Lovett-Barron M; Department of Neurobiology, School of Biological Sciences. University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: mlb@ucsd.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Current biology : CB [Curr Biol] 2024 Aug 05; Vol. 34 (15), pp. 3380-3391.e5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 17.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.06.049
Abstrakt: The collective behavior of animal groups emerges from the interactions among individuals. These social interactions produce the coordinated movements of bird flocks and fish schools, but little is known about their developmental emergence and neurobiological foundations. By characterizing the visually based schooling behavior of the micro glassfish Danionella cerebrum, we found that social development progresses sequentially, with animals first acquiring the ability to aggregate, followed by postural alignment with social partners. This social maturation was accompanied by the development of neural populations in the midbrain that were preferentially driven by visual stimuli that resemble the shape and movements of schooling fish. Furthermore, social isolation over the course of development impaired both schooling behavior and the neural encoding of social motion in adults. This work demonstrates that neural populations selective for the form and motion of conspecifics emerge with the experience-dependent development of collective movement.
Competing Interests: Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests.
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Databáze: MEDLINE