Alternative startle motor patterns and behaviors in the larval zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-24

  Liu, Yen Chyi ^a   Bailey, Ian ^a   Hale, Melina E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor control; Startle; Swimming; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULATION; SWIMMING; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LARVA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE NET; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; STARTLE REACTION; SWIMMING; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84855283013     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-011-0682-1     Document Type: Article

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