A great challenge in neuroscience is understanding how activity in the brain gives rise to
behavior. The zebrafish is an ideal vertebrate model to address this challenge, thanks to the …

Inventive genetic screens in zebrafish are revealing new genetic pathways that control
vertebrate development, disease and behaviour. By exploiting the versatility of zebrafish …

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 …

Systematic genome-wide mutagenesis screens for embryonic phenotypes have been
instrumental in the understanding of invertebrate and plant development. Here, we report …

The zebrafish has become one of the most important model organisms to study biologial
processes in vivo. As a vertebrate that has many of the strengths of invertebrate model …

The neural basis of behavioral choice in vertebrates remains largely unknown. Zebrafish
larvae have a defined locomotor repertoire as well as a simple nervous system and are …

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 …

Larval zebrafish (Brachydanio rerio) are a popular model system because of their genetic
attributes, transparency and relative simplicity. They have approximately 200 neurons that …

The morphological differentiation of the zebrafish retina was analyzed by using light (LM)
and transmission electron (TEM) microscopy between the time of initial ganglion cell …

It is estimated that∼ 2500 genes are essential for the normal development of a zebrafish
embryo. A mutation in any one of these genes can result in a visible developmental defect …