Enigmatic ear stones: what we know about the functional role and evolution of fish otoliths

T Schulz‐Mirbach, F Ladich, M Plath… - Biological Reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Otoliths in bony fishes play an important role in the senses of balance and hearing. Otolith
mass and shape are, among others, likely to be decisive factors influencing otolith motion …

Zebrafish behavior: opportunities and challenges

MB Orger, GG de Polavieja - Annual review of neuroscience, 2017 - annualreviews.org
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 …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] A cellular-resolution atlas of the larval zebrafish brain

M Kunst, E Laurell, N Mokayes, A Kramer, F Kubo… - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
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 …

[PDF][PDF] Brainstem circuits encoding start, speed, and duration of swimming in adult zebrafish

EM Berg, L Mrowka, M Bertuzzi, D Madrid, LD Picton… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
The flexibility of locomotor movements requires an accurate control of their start, duration,
and speed. How brainstem circuits encode and convey these locomotor parameters remains …

[PDF][PDF] Linking neurons to network function and behavior by two-photon holographic optogenetics and volumetric imaging

M Dal Maschio, JC Donovan, TO Helmbrecht, H Baier - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
We introduce a flexible method for high-resolution interrogation of circuit function, which
combines simultaneous 3D two-photon stimulation of multiple targeted neurons, volumetric …

[PDF][PDF] Probabilistic models of larval zebrafish behavior reveal structure on many scales

RE Johnson, S Linderman, T Panier, CL Wee, E Song… - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
Nervous systems have evolved to combine environmental information with internal state to
select and generate adaptive behavioral sequences. To better understand these …

[HTML][HTML] Neural control and modulation of swimming speed in the larval zebrafish

KE Severi, R Portugues, JC Marques, DM O'Malley… - Neuron, 2014 - cell.com
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 …

Expansion microscopy of zebrafish for neuroscience and developmental biology studies

L Freifeld, I Odstrcil, D Förster… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Expansion microscopy (ExM) allows scalable imaging of preserved 3D biological specimens
with nanoscale resolution on fast diffraction-limited microscopes. Here, we explore the utility …

Integrative whole-brain neuroscience in larval zebrafish

GC Vanwalleghem, MB Ahrens, EK Scott - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Neural activity can now be recorded in all cells of larval zebrafish
brains.•Neurons involved in sensation, motor control, and learning have been …