- Title
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Pretectal neurons control hunting behaviour
- Authors
- Antinucci, P., Folgueira, M., Bianco, I.H.
- Source
- Full text @ Elife
Neural activity associated with hunting. |
AF7-pretectum contains a high density of hunting initiation neurons. |
Anatomical maps of clusters. |
AF7-pretectal neurons with distinct projection patterns labelled by KalTA4u508. |
KalTA4u508 neurons innervating cerebellum, and PA-GFP projection mapping from AF7-pretectum. |
Optogenetic stimulation of single KalTA4u508 pretectal neurons induces hunting. |
Optogenetic stimulation of the KalTA4u508 pretectal population induces hunting with short latency. |
Ablation of KalTA4u508 pretectal neurons impairs hunting. |
Assessment of visuomotor behaviours in control larvae. |
Optogenetic stimulation of avOT induces hunting in the absence of RGCs. |