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ArticleJournal of fish biology2025

Microplastic ingestion affects the lateralised processing of predator stimuli in fish.

Georgiana Andrei, Alessandro Colombani, Elia Gatto, Marco Scoponi, Luigi Abelli, Annalaura Mancia, Cristiano Bertolucci, Tyrone Lucon-Xiccato

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Article in Journal of fish biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Georgiana AndreiDepartment of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4316-701X
Alessandro ColombaniDepartment of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Elia GattoDepartment of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Marco ScoponiIstituto sulla Sintesi Organica e Fotoreattività del CNR, Research unit at the Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Luigi AbelliDepartment of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Annalaura ManciaDepartment of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Cristiano BertolucciDepartment of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Tyrone Lucon-XiccatoDepartment of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.

Funding

Regione Emilia Romagna - PR FSE+ 2021/2027 PA 2023-19070/RER
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microplastic ingestion affects fish brains at the molecular level, but its impact on cognitive phenotype remains unclear. We fed zebrafish (Danio rerio) food containing either polyethylene or poly(butylene-adipate-co-terephthalate) microplastics for 20 days and assessed their lateralisation, which reflects how information processing is split between brain hemispheres. No changes appeared in rotational or mirror tests, but lateralisation was disrupted in the detour test when facing a predator model. These results suggest microplastic ingestion can impair specific cognitive traits at the phenotypic level.

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BrainCognitionMicroplasticsWater Pollutants, ChemicalZebrafishAnimalsPredatory BehaviorMicroplasticsWater Pollutants, Chemicalcognitive ecologycognitive plasticityenvironmental pollutionlaterality

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PMID41405921
PMCPMC12710841

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