ERC Consolidator Grant · 2017
Whole-brain circuits controlling visuomotor behavior
Understanding how our brains extract relevant features of sensory input to select and guide appropriate actions is a fundamental goal of neuroscience. Yet even relatively simple sensorimotor reflexes can depend on activity within complex networks of neurons that are distributed across the brain, presenting a challenge for traditional neuroscience approaches. Our recent work has demonstrated the capacity to image neural activity with single cell resolution throughout the small transparent brain of behaving zebrafish. Here we will trace, from sensory input to motor output, the neural circuits that allow zebrafish to select and execute distinct swimming patterns in response to varying visual…
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