Browsing by Subject "zebrafish"
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Effects of progesterone nuclear receptor on dopaminergic nuclei involved in social aggression in zebrafish (Danio rerio)
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-28)Aggression is tightly controlled by hormonal and neural regulation in all social animals. Although extensive effort has been invested in studying the neuroendocrine bases of aggressive behavior, our knowledge of the role ... -
Investigating the roles of E-T coupling and social environment in the stimulus-dependent expression of parathyroid hormone 2.
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-28)In larval zebrafish, parathyroid hormone 2 (pth2) codes for a peptide hormone that is expressed exclusively in cells near the ventral part of the posterior tuberculum, an area of the forebrain involved in sensori-motor ... -
THE ROLE OF THE LATERAL LINE IN EARLY LARVAL ZEBRAFISH AND CONTRIBUTION TO MULTISENSORY BEHAVIORS
(East Carolina University, 2023-07-21)The lateral line is a hair cell-based sensory system that is important for multisensory behaviors like schooling, rheotaxis, and predator/prey detection in aquatic vertebrates. This dissertation work uses the first genetic ... -
Transcriptomic Signatures for Ovulation in Vertebrates
(2017-06-01)