Zebrafish larvae show a clear and distinct pattern of swimming in response to light and dark
conditions, following the development of a swim bladder at 4 days post fertilization. This …

A central goal of modern neuroscience is to obtain a mechanistic understanding of higher
brain functions under healthy and diseased conditions. Addressing this challenge requires …

Understanding brain-wide neuronal dynamics requires a detailed map of the underlying
circuit architecture. We built an interactive cellular-resolution atlas of the zebrafish brain at 6 …

Detailed descriptions of brain-scale sensorimotor circuits underlying vertebrate behavior
remain elusive. Recent advances in zebrafish neuroscience offer new opportunities to …

Avoiding the strike of an approaching predator requires rapid visual detection of a looming
object, followed by a directed escape maneuver. While looming-sensitive neurons have …

Most behaviors, even simple innate reflexes, are mediated by circuits of neurons spanning
areas throughout the brain. However, in most cases, the distribution and dynamics of firing …

Zebrafish larvae show characteristic prey capture behavior in response to small moving
objects. The neural mechanism used to recognize objects as prey remains largely unknown …

The complex neuronal circuitry of the brain develops from limited information contained in
the genome. After the genetic code instructs the birth of neurons, the emergence of brain …

Many vertebrates are efficient hunters and recognize their prey by innate neural
mechanisms. During prey capture, the internal representation of the prey's location must be …

Vertebrate locomotion at different speeds is driven by descending excitatory connections to
central pattern generators in the spinal cord. To investigate how these inputs determine …