Short-term juvenile crowding arrests the developmental formation of dendritic spines on tectal interneurons in jewel fish

Social experience affects the developmen

Social experience affects the development of dendritic spines and branches on tectal interneurons in the jewel fish

✍ Dr. Richard G. Coss; Albert Globus 📂 Article 📅 1979 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 722 KB

## Abstract African jewel fish reared with eyeless cave fish, but without visual‐tactile contact with conspecifics, exhibit hyperresponsive behavior after release in community aquaria. Because the optic tectum might be affected by these restraints on visual experience, unreleased members of the sam