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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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