行为神经生物学：幼虫鱼类如何朝向光定向。

Behavioral neurobiology: how larval fish orient towards the light.

机构信息

University of Zurich, Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, Neuroscience Center Zurich and Center for Integrative Human Physiology, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.

出版信息

Curr Biol. 2010 Feb 23;20(4):R159-61. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.12.028.

DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2009.12.028

PMID:20178761

Abstract

Orientation of animals towards or away from light is a simple behavior commonly found in the animal kingdom. A recent study using zebrafish larvae has revealed the underlying neural logic of this primal choice behavior, by differential use of the retinal ON- and OFF-pathways.

摘要

动物对光的趋性或避性是动物界中常见的一种简单行为。最近一项使用斑马鱼幼虫的研究揭示了这种原始选择行为的潜在神经逻辑，即视网膜 ON 通路和 OFF 通路的差异使用。