title: Behavioral neurobiology: how larval fish orient towards the light.
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.
authors.affiliation: University of Zurich, Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, Neuroscience Center Zurich and Center for Integrative Human Physiology, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland. kaspar.mueller@imls.uzh.ch
authors.forename: Kaspar P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.forename: Stephan C F
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Neuhauss
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007814:Larva / Q000502:physiology; D008027:Light; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology*; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000502:physiology*