Activation of a multisensory, multifunctional nucleus in the zebrafish midbrain during diverse locomotor behaviors

Neuroscience

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 970-993

  Sankrithi, N S ^a   O'Malley, D M ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

escape; MLR; motor control; nMLF; optomotor; swimming

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; LARVA; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SWIMMING; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LARVA; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 77249121556     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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