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标题：Long photoperiod impairs learning in male but not female medaka
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作者：Jose Fernando López-Olmeda ; Haiyu Zhao ; Markus Reischl 等
期刊名称：iScience
印刷版ISSN：2589-0042
出版年度：2021
卷号：24
期号：7
页码：1-14
DOI：10.1016/j.isci.2021.102784
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：SummaryDay length in conjunction with seasonal cycles affects many aspects of animal biology. We have studied photoperiod-dependent alterations of complex behavior in the teleost, medaka (Oryzias latipes), a photoperiodic breeder, in a learning paradigm whereby fish have to activate a sensor to obtain a food reward. Medaka were tested under a long (14:10 LD) and short (10:14 LD) photoperiod in three different groups: mixed-sex, all-males, and all-females. Under long photoperiod, medaka mixed-sex groups learned rapidly with a stable response. Unexpectedly, males-only groups showed a strong learning deficit, whereas females-only groups performed efficiently. In mixed-sex groups, female individuals drove group learning, whereas males apparently prioritized mating over feeding behavior resulting in strongly reduced learning performance. Under short photoperiod, where medaka do not mate, male performance improved to a level similar to that of females. Thus, photoperiod has sex-specific effects on the learning performance of a seasonal vertebrate.Graphical abstractDisplay OmittedHighlights•Fish can learn by association using a self-feeder system and food reward•Medaka show sex-specific and seasonal differences in cognitive performance•On long days, sexually active male medaka are poor learners compared with females•Under short days, non-mating male medaka learn betterIchthyology; Cognitive neuroscience