PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sha Sun
AU  - Zhentao Zuo
AU  - Michelle Manxiu Ma
AU  - Chencan Qian
AU  - Lin Chen
AU  - Wu Zhou
AU  - Kim Ryun Drasbek
AU  - Liu Zuxiang
TI  - Neural circuits mediating visual stabilization during active motion in zebrafish
AID  - 10.1101/566760
DP  - 2019 Jan 01
TA  - bioRxiv
PG  - 566760
4099  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2019/03/04/566760.short
4100  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2019/03/04/566760.full
AB  - Visual stabilization is an inevitable requirement for animals during active motion interaction with the environment. Visual motion cues of the surroundings or induced by self-generated behaviors are perceived then trigger proper motor responses mediated by neural representations conceptualized as the internal model: one part of it predicts the consequences of sensory dynamics as a forward model, another part generates proper motor control as a reverse model. However, the neural circuits between the two models remain mostly unknown. Here, we demonstrate that an internal component, the efference copy, coordinated the two models in a push-pull manner by generating extra reset saccades during active motion processing in larval zebrafish. Calcium imaging indicated that the saccade preparation circuit is enhanced while the velocity integration circuit is inhibited during the interaction, balancing the internal representations from both directions. This is the first model of efference copy on visual stabilization beyond the sensorimotor stage.