[HTML][HTML] Understanding the habenula: A major node in circuits regulating emotion and motivation

JL Ables, K Park, I Ibañez–Tallon - Pharmacological research, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the last decade, the understanding of the habenula has rapidly advanced from being
an understudied brain area with the Latin name 'habena” meaning “little rein”, to being …

[HTML][HTML] Cell-type-specific population dynamics of diverse reward computations

EL Sylwestrak, YJ Jo, S Vesuna, X Wang, B Holcomb… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Computational analysis of cellular activity has developed largely independently of modern
transcriptomic cell typology, but integrating these approaches may be essential for full …

Role of habenula in social and reproductive behaviors in fish: comparison with mammals

S Ogawa, IS Parhar - Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Social behaviors such as mating, parenting, fighting, and avoiding are essential functions as
a communication tool in social animals, and are critical for the survival of individuals and …

An optofluidic platform for interrogating chemosensory behavior and brainwide neural representation in larval zebrafish

SKH Sy, DCW Chan, RCH Chan, J Lyu, Z Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Studying chemosensory processing desires precise chemical cue presentation, behavioral
response monitoring, and large-scale neuronal activity recording. Here we present Fish-on …

Whole-brain imaging of freely-moving zebrafish

H Hasani, J Sun, SI Zhu, Q Rong… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
One of the holy grails of neuroscience is to record the activity of every neuron in the brain
while an animal moves freely and performs complex behavioral tasks. While important steps …

Acetylcholine potentiates glutamate transmission from the habenula to the interpeduncular nucleus in losers of social conflict

M Kinoshita, H Okamoto - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Switching behaviors from aggression to submission in losers at the end of conspecific social
fighting is essential to avoid serious injury or death. We have previously shown that the …

An Evaluation of Zebrafish, an Emerging Model Analyzing the Effects of Toxicants on Cognitive and Neuromuscular Function

T Clevenger, J Paz, A Stafford… - International Journal …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
An emerging alternative to conventional animal models in toxicology research is the
zebrafish. Their accelerated development, regenerative capacity, transparent physical …

[HTML][HTML] The preoptic area and dorsal habenula jointly support homeostatic navigation in larval zebrafish

V Palieri, E Paoli, YK Wu, M Haesemeyer, ICG Kadow… - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Animals must maintain physiological processes within an optimal temperature range despite
changes in their environment. Through behavioral assays, whole-brain functional imaging …

Diversification of habenular organization and asymmetries in teleosts: Insights from the Atlantic salmon and European eel

L Michel, K Palma, M Cerda, R Lagadec… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Habenulae asymmetries are widespread across vertebrates and analyses in zebrafish, the
reference model organism for this process, have provided insight into their molecular nature …

Transsynaptic labeling and transcriptional control of zebrafish neural circuits

C Coomer, D Naumova, M Talay, B Zolyomi, NJ Snell… - BioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Deciphering the connectome, the ensemble of synaptic connections that underlie brain
function, is a central goal of neuroscience research. The trans-Tango genetic approach …