NIH R01 · 2024
Genetic and neural mechanisms underlying emerging social behavior in zebrafish
Genetic and neural mechanisms underlying emerging social behavior in zebrafish Our goal is to understand emerging collective behaviors of groups, such as schooling and shoaling in fish. Our approach is to dissect basic sensorimotor transformations in the zebrafish, which we believe play a fundamental role in explaining emerging social interactions. We have identified two simple and well described reflexive behaviors: 1) the optomotor reflex (OMR), where fish swim along with whole field motion stimuli and 2) object evoked re-orienting responses (OER) where fish turn away or towards moving objects, depending on the object’s size and movement. We have shown in preliminary modeling studies that…
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