Hypothalamic Projections to the Optic Tectum in Larval Zebrafish [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2018 The optic tectum of larval zebrafish is an important model for understanding visual processing in vertebrates. The tectum has been traditionally viewed as dominantly visual, with a majority of studies focusing on the processes by which tectal circuits ...
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Coding Schemes in the Archerfish Optic Tectum [PDF]
Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 2018 Many studies have yielded valuable knowledge on the early visual system but it is biased since the studies have focused on terrestrial mammals alone. Here, to better account for visual systems in different environments and animal classes, we studied the ...
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Visual Responses to Moving and Flashed Stimuli of Neurons in Domestic Pigeon (Columba livia domestica) Optic Tectum [PDF]
Animals, 2022 Birds can rapidly and accurately detect moving objects for better survival in complex environments. This visual ability may be attributed to the response properties of neurons in the optic tectum.
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Fourier Motion Processing in the Optic Tectum and Pretectum of the Zebrafish Larva [PDF]
Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 2022 In the presence of moving visual stimuli, the majority of animals follow the Fourier motion energy (luminance), independently of other stimulus features (edges, contrast, etc.). While the behavioral response to Fourier motion has been studied in the past,
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Transcriptome Analyses Reveal IL6/Stat3 Signaling Involvement in Radial Glia Proliferation After Stab Wound Injury in the Adult Zebrafish Optic Tectum [PDF]
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 Adult zebrafish have many neurogenic niches and a high capacity for central nervous system regeneration compared to mammals, including humans and rodents.
Yuki Shimizu +4 more
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The effects of temperature on the proxies of visual detection of Danio rerio larvae: observations from the optic tectum [PDF]
Biology Open, 2020 Numerous studies have indicated that temperature improves the visual capabilities of different ectotherms, including a variety of fish species. However, none of these studies has directly tested whether elevated temperature extends the visual detection ...
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Imaging Neuronal Activity in the Optic Tectum of Late Stage Larval Zebrafish [PDF]
Journal of Developmental Biology, 2018 The zebrafish is an established model to study the development and function of visual neuronal circuits in vivo, largely due to their optical accessibility at embryonic and larval stages.
Katharina Bergmann +6 more
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Spatiotemporal interplay between multisensory excitation and recruited inhibition in the lamprey optic tectum [PDF]
eLife, 2016 Animals integrate the different senses to facilitate event-detection for navigation in their environment. In vertebrates, the optic tectum (superior colliculus) commands gaze shifts by synaptic integration of different sensory modalities.
Andreas A Kardamakis +2 more
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The microanatomy of the central nervous system and brain of the Indo-Pacific seahorse, Hippocampus barbouri, during development [PDF]
Zoologia (Curitiba), 2020 The central nervous system (CNS) of Teleostei is a complex system of self-governance and its morphology is reflected in the physiological and reproductive behaviors.
Sinlapachai Senarat +4 more
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EphA3 expressed in the chicken tectum stimulates nasal retinal ganglion cell axon growth and is required for retinotectal topographic map formation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BACKGROUND: Retinotopic projection onto the tectum/colliculus constitutes the most studied model of topographic mapping and Eph receptors and their ligands, the ephrins, are the best characterized molecular system involved in this process.
Ana Laura Ortalli +9 more
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