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ArticleNeuron2016

Neuromodulatory Regulation of Behavioral Individuality in Zebrafish.

Carlos Pantoja, Adam Hoagland, Elizabeth C Carroll, Vasiliki Karalis, Alden Conner, Ehud Y Isacoff

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Article in Neuron, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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57citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 106 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Uncovering multiscale structure in the variability of larval zebrafish navigation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Carlos PantojaDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Adam HoaglandDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Elizabeth C CarrollDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Vasiliki KaralisDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Alden ConnerDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Ehud Y IsacoffDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Bioscience Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. Electronic address: ehud@berkeley.edu.
University of California, Berkeley · USLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · US

Funding

NDC for the Optical Control of Biological FunctionPN2EY018241 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI ISACOFF, EHUD · 2006 to 2015
$37.5M
NEI NIH HHS PN2 EY018241
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inter-individual behavioral variation is thought to increase fitness and aid adaptation to environmental change, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We find that variation between individuals in neuromodulatory input contributes to individuality in short-term habituation of the zebrafish (Danio Rerio) acoustic startle response (ASR). ASR habituation varies greatly between individuals, but differences are stable over days and are heritable. Acoustic stimuli that activate ASR-command Mauthner cells also activate dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) serotonergic neurons, which project to the vicinity of the Mauthner cells and their inputs. DRN neuron activity decreases during habituation in proportion to habituation and a genetic manipulation that reduces serotonin content in DRN neurons increases habituation, whereas serotonergic agonism or DRN activation with ChR2 reduces habituation. Finally, level of rundown of DRN activity co-segregates with extent of behavioral habituation across generations. Thus, variation between individuals in neuromodulatory input contributes to individuality in a core adaptive behavior. VIDEO ABSTRACT.

Indexed as

IndividualityAcoustic StimulationAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedApomorphineDorsal Raphe NucleusHabituation, PsychophysiologicQuipazineReflex, StartleRhodopsinSerotonergic NeuronsSerotoninZebrafishApomorphineQuipazineRhodopsinSerotonin

Identifiers

PMID27397519
PMCPMC4976045
OpenAlexW2469363586

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