PUBLICATION

Behavioral Neurobiology: How Larval Fish Orient towards the Light

Authors
Mueller, K.P., and Neuhauss, S.C.
ID
ZDB-PUB-100302-3
Date
2010
Source
Current biology : CB   20(4): R159-R161 (Review)
Registered Authors
Neuhauss, Stephan
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Larva/physiology
  • Light*
  • Motor Activity/physiology*
  • Orientation/physiology*
  • Retina/physiology*
  • Signal Transduction/physiology*
  • Visual Perception/physiology*
  • Zebrafish/physiology*
PubMed
20178761 Full text @ Curr. Biol.
Abstract
Orientation of animals towards or away from light is a simple behavior commonly found in the animal kingdom. A recent study using zebrafish larvae has revealed the underlying neural logic of this primal choice behavior, by differential use of the retinal ON- and OFF-pathways.
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