A novel mechanism for mechanosensory-based rheotaxis in larval zebrafish

Pablo Oteiza (), Iris Odstrcil, George Lauder, Ruben Portugues () and Florian Engert ()
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Pablo Oteiza: Harvard University
Iris Odstrcil: Harvard University
George Lauder: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Ruben Portugues: Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Sensorimotor Control Research Group
Florian Engert: Harvard University

Nature, 2017, vol. 547, issue 7664, 445-448

Abstract: In the absence of visual information, larval zebrafish (Danio rerio) use their mechanosensory lateral line to perform rheotaxis by using flow velocity gradients as navigational cues.

Date: 2017
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