A Visual Pathway for Looming-Evoked Escape in Larval Zebrafish

• Published in: Current biology Vol. 25; no. 14; pp. 1823 - 1834
• Main Authors: Temizer, Incinur, Donovan, Joseph C., Baier, Herwig, Semmelhack, Julia L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 20.07.2015
• Subjects: Animals; Brain - physiology; Danio rerio; Escape Reaction; Freshwater; Neuropil - physiology; Photic Stimulation; Visual Pathways - physiology; Visual Perception; Zebrafish - physiology

Avoiding the strike of an approaching predator requires rapid visual detection of a looming object, followed by a directed escape maneuver. While looming-sensitive neurons have been discovered in various animal species, the relative importance of stimulus features that are extracted by the visual sy...