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SUBMITTER: Forster D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7550190 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Förster Dominique D Helmbrecht Thomas O TO Mearns Duncan S DS Jordan Linda L Mokayes Nouwar N Baier Herwig H
eLife 20201012
Retinal axon projections form a map of the visual environment in the tectum. A zebrafish larva typically detects a prey object in its peripheral visual field. As it turns and swims towards the prey, the stimulus enters the central, binocular area, and seemingly expands in size. By volumetric calcium imaging, we show that posterior tectal neurons, which serve to detect prey at a distance, tend to respond to small objects and intrinsically compute their direction of movement. Neurons in anterior t ...[more]