Most vertebrates process visual information using elaborately structured photosensory tissues,
including the eyes and pineal. However, there is strong evidence that other tissues can …

Rapid escape swims in fish are initiated by the Mauthner cells, giant reticulospinal neurons
with unique specializations for swift responses. The Mauthner cells directly activate …

Many genetic manipulations are limited by difficulty in obtaining adequate levels of protein
expression. Bioinformatic and experimental studies have identified nucleotide sequence …

Filtering mechanisms prevent a continuous stream of sensory information from swamping
perception, leading to diminished focal attention and cognitive processing. Mechanisms for …

Many species execute ballistic escape reactions to avoid imminent danger. Despite fast
reaction times, responses are often highly regulated, reflecting a trade-off between costly motor …

In schizophrenia, cognitive overload is thought to reflect an inability to suppress non-salient
information, a process which is studied using prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the startle response…

The increased abuse of novel drugs has created a critical need for cheap and rapid in vivo
models to understand whole organism drug‐induced toxicity and metabolic impacts. One …

Innate behavioral biases such as human handedness are a ubiquitous form of inter-individual
variation that are not strictly hardwired into the genome and are influenced by diverse …

The transmembrane protein Brother of Cdo (Boc) has been implicated in Shh-mediated
commissural axon guidance, and can both positively and negatively regulate Hedgehog (Hh) …

Transgenic technologies enable the manipulation and observation of circuits controlling
behavior by permitting expression of genetically encoded reporter genes in neurons. Frequently …