title: Visual behavior: mice run from overhead danger.
abstract: Mice show an innate protective behavior to looming shadows approaching from above: they either run for cover or freeze in place. This newly discovered 'looming response' adds to the repertoire of stereotyped behaviors that can be utilized to study visual pathways.
authors.affiliation: Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany. Electronic address: thomas.muench@cin.uni-tuebingen.de.
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Münch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004924:Escape Reaction; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice / Q000502:physiology*; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception