Prey capture by larval zebrafish: Evidence for fine axial motor control

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 207-229

  Borla, Melissa A ^a   Palecek, Betsy ^a   Budick, Seth ^a   O'Malley, Donald M ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Fish; Kinematics; Locomotion; Motor control; Reticulospinal; Spinal cord; Swimming; Teleost

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITALIZATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IMAGING; KINEMATICS; LARVA; MODEL; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM; PREDATION; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; TAIL; TELEOST; TRUNK; VELOCITY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN STEM; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0036444761     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066699     Document Type: Article

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