Control of Turning Behaviors by Spinal Projection Neurons in the Larval Zebrafish

This thesis aims to examine how hindbrain spinal projection neurons (SPNs), namely RoV3, MiV1 and MiV2 control tail undulations during turning behaviors. I find that phototaxic turns differ from forward swims by an increased tail bend and a prolonged cycle period during the first undulation, while t...

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Main Author: Huang, Kuo-Hua
Other Authors: Engert, Florian
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2012
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10232
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:9561258