Neuroscience needs behavior: correcting a reductionist bias

JW Krakauer, AA Ghazanfar, A Gomez-Marin… - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
There are ever more compelling tools available for neuroscience research, ranging from
selective genetic targeting to optogenetic circuit control to mapping whole connectomes …

Microplastic exposure and effects in aquatic organisms: a physiological perspective

S Franzellitti, L Canesi, M Auguste… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
The impact of microplastics (MPs) on aquatic life, given their ubiquitous presence in the
water compartment, represents a growing concern. Consistently, scientific knowledge is …

Rapid whole brain imaging of neural activity in freely behaving larval zebrafish (Danio rerio)

L Cong, Z Wang, Y Chai, W Hang, C Shang, W Yang… - elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
The internal brain dynamics that link sensation and action are arguably better studied during
natural animal behaviors. Here, we report on a novel volume imaging and 3D tracking …

Structure of the zebrafish locomotor repertoire revealed with unsupervised behavioral clustering

JC Marques, S Lackner, R Félix, MB Orger - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
An important concept in ethology is that complex behaviors can be constructed from a set of
basic motor patterns. Identifying the set of patterns available to an animal is key to making …

Zebrafish differentially process color across visual space to match natural scenes

MJY Zimmermann, NE Nevala, T Yoshimatsu, D Osorio… - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
Animal eyes have evolved to process behaviorally important visual information, but how
retinas deal with statistical asymmetries in visual space remains poorly understood. Using …

Fovea-like photoreceptor specializations underlie single UV cone driven prey-capture behavior in zebrafish

T Yoshimatsu, C Schröder, NE Nevala, P Berens… - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
In the eye, the function of same-type photoreceptors must be regionally adjusted to process
a highly asymmetrical natural visual world. Here, we show that UV cones in the larval …

A dedicated visual pathway for prey detection in larval zebrafish

JL Semmelhack, JC Donovan, TR Thiele, E Kuehn… - Elife, 2014 - elifesciences.org
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 …

Visuomotor transformations underlying hunting behavior in zebrafish

IH Bianco, F Engert - Current biology, 2015 - cell.com
Visuomotor circuits filter visual information and determine whether or not to engage
downstream motor modules to produce behavioral outputs. However, the circuit …

Retinotectal circuitry of larval zebrafish is adapted to detection and pursuit of prey

D Förster, TO Helmbrecht, DS Mearns, L Jordan… - elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Retinal axon projections form a map of the visual environment in the tectum. A zebrafish
larva typically detects a prey object in its peripheral visual field. As it turns and swims …

[HTML][HTML] Deconstructing hunting behavior reveals a tightly coupled stimulus-response loop

DS Mearns, JC Donovan, AM Fernandes… - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
Animal behavior often forms sequences, built from simple stereotyped actions and shaped
by environmental cues. A comprehensive characterization of the interplay between an …