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The dynamics of successive induction in larval zebrafish.

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Staddon, JER; MacPhail, RC; Padilla, S
Published in: Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior
September 2010

Charles Sherrington identified the properties of the synapse by purely behavioral means-the study of reflexes-more than 100 years ago. They were subsequently confirmed neurophysiologically. Studying reflex interaction, he also showed that activating one reflex often facilitates another, antagonistic one: successive induction, which has since been demonstrated in a wide range of species, from aphids to locusts to dogs and humans. We show a particularly orderly example in zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae; the behavior (locomotion) of larvae is low in dark and intermediate in light, but low in light and substantially higher in dark when dark followed light. A quantitative model of a simple dynamic process is described that readily captures the behavior pattern and the effects of a number of manipulations of lighting conditions.

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Published In

Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior

DOI

EISSN

1938-3711

ISSN

0022-5002

Publication Date

September 2010

Volume

94

Issue

2

Start / End Page

261 / 266

Related Subject Headings

  • Zebrafish
  • Photoperiod
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Motor Activity
  • Models, Biological
  • Lighting
  • Darkness
  • Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology
  • Animals
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
 

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Staddon, J. E. R., MacPhail, R. C., & Padilla, S. (2010). The dynamics of successive induction in larval zebrafish. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 94(2), 261–266. https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.2010.94-261
Staddon, J. E. R., R. C. MacPhail, and S. Padilla. “The dynamics of successive induction in larval zebrafish.Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 94, no. 2 (September 2010): 261–66. https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.2010.94-261.
Staddon JER, MacPhail RC, Padilla S. The dynamics of successive induction in larval zebrafish. Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior. 2010 Sep;94(2):261–6.
Staddon, J. E. R., et al. “The dynamics of successive induction in larval zebrafish.Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, vol. 94, no. 2, Sept. 2010, pp. 261–66. Epmc, doi:10.1901/jeab.2010.94-261.
Staddon JER, MacPhail RC, Padilla S. The dynamics of successive induction in larval zebrafish. Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior. 2010 Sep;94(2):261–266.

Published In

Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior

DOI

EISSN

1938-3711

ISSN

0022-5002

Publication Date

September 2010

Volume

94

Issue

2

Start / End Page

261 / 266

Related Subject Headings

  • Zebrafish
  • Photoperiod
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Motor Activity
  • Models, Biological
  • Lighting
  • Darkness
  • Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology
  • Animals
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology