Optomotor Swimming in Larval Zebrafish Is Driven by Global Whole-Field Visual Motion and Local Light-Dark Transitions

Summary: Stabilizing gaze and position within an environment constitutes an important task for the nervous system of many animals. The optomotor response (OMR) is a reflexive behavior, present across many species, in which animals move in the direction of perceived whole-field visual motion, therefo...

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Main Authors: Andreas M. Kist, Ruben Portugues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-10-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221112471931201X