Groneberg, AH, Herget, U, Ryu, S and De Marco, RJ (2015) Positive taxis and sustained responsiveness to water motions in larval zebrafish. Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 9. ISSN 1662-5110

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Abstract

Larval zebrafish (Danio rerio) have become favored subjects for studying the neural bases of behavior. Here, we report a highly stereotyped response of zebrafish larvae to hydrodynamic stimuli. It involves positive taxis, motion damping and sustained responsiveness to flows derived from local, non-stressful water motions. The response depends on the lateral line and has a high sensitivity to stimulus frequency and strength, sensory background and rearing conditions—also encompassing increased threshold levels of response to parallel input. The results show that zebrafish larvae can use near-field detection to locate sources of minute water motions, and offer a unique handle for analyses of hydrodynamic sensing, sensory responsiveness and arousal with accurate control of stimulus properties.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	1109 Neurosciences
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology Q Science > QL Zoology
Divisions:	Biological & Environmental Sciences (from Sep 19)
Publisher:	Frontiers Media
Related URLs:	Author
Date Deposited:	01 Oct 2020 09:12
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2021 06:35
DOI or ID number:	10.3389/fncir.2015.00009
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/13759

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