Visual prey capture in larval zebrafish is controlled by identified reticulospinal neurons downstream of the tectum

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 40, 2005, Pages 9294-9303

  Gahtan, Ethan ^a,b,c   Tanger, Paul ^a   Baier, Herwig ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser ablation; Prey capture; Reticulospinal; Tectum; Visuomotor; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PREDATION; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; TEGMENTUM; VISUAL SYSTEM; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORPORA QUADRIGEMINA; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; LARVA; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VISION; VISUAL PATHWAYS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 27144512133     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2678-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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