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Functional neuronal circuits emerge in the absence of developmental activity

Barabasi D, Schuhknecht G, & Engert F.

Nature Communications (2024)

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Neural circuits underlying habituation of visually evoked escape behaviors in larval zebrafish

Fotowat H & Engert F

Elife 2023

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Visual object detection biases escape trajectories following acoustic startle in larval zebrafish

Zwaka H, McGinnis OJ, Pflitsch P, Prabha S, Mansinghka V, Engert F, & Bolton AD.

Current Biology (2022)

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Social isolation modulates appetite and avoidance behavior via a common oxytocinergic circuit in larval zebrafish

Wee CL, Song E, Nikitchenko M, Herrera KJ, Wong S, Engert F, & Kunes S 

Nature Communications (2022)

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Voltage imaging identifies spinal circuits that modulate locomotor adaptation in zebrafish

Bohm UL, Kumra Y, Kawashima T, Ahrens MB, Higashijima SI, Engert F, & Cohen AE 

Neuron (2022)

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Functional and ultrastructural analysis of reafferent mechanosensation in larval zebrafish. Current Biology.

Odstrcil I, Petkova MD, Haesemeyer M, Boulanger-Weill J, Nikitchenko M, Gagnon JA, Oteiza P, Schalek R, Peleg A, Portugues R, Lichtman JW, Engert F (2021).

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Precise visuomotor transformations underlying collective behavior in larval zebrafish. Nature Communications.

Harpaz R, Nguyen MN, Bahl A, and Engert F. 2021.

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Algorithms underlying flexible phototaxis in larval zebrafish. Journal of Experimental Biology.

Chen AB, Deb D, Bahl A, Engert F. 2021. 

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Collective behavior emerges from genetically controlled simple behavioral motifs in zebrafish. Science Advances

Harpaz R, Aspiras AC, Chambule S, Tseng S, Bind M-A, Engert F, Fishman MC, Bahl A. 2021

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Distributed chromatic processing at the interface between retina and brain in the larval zebrafish. Current Biology

Guggiana-Nilo DA, Riegler C, Hubener M, Engert F. 2021

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Larval Zebrafish Use Olfactory Detection of Sodium and Chloride to Avoid Salt Water. Current Biology.

Herrera KJ, Panier T, Guggiana-Nilo D, & Engert F. 2020

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Probabilistic models of larval zebrafish behavior reveal structure on many scales. Current Biology.

Johnson RE, Linderman S, Panier T, Wee CL, Song E, Herrera KJ, Miller A, & Engert F (2020)

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Elements of a stochastic 3D prediction engine in larval zebrafish prey capture. eLife.

Bolton AD, Haesemeyer M, Jordi J, Schaechtle U, Saad FA, Mansinghka VK, Tenenbaum JB, & Engert F (2019)

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Neural circuits for evidence accumulation and decision making in larval zebrafish. Nature Neuroscience.

Bahl A & Engert F (2019)

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Convergent temperature representations in artifical and biological neural networks. Neuron

Haesemeyer M., Schier A.F., & Engert F. (2019)

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Zebrafish oxytocin neurons drive nocifensive behavior via brainstem premotor targets. Nature Neuroscience

Wee C.L., Nikitchenko M., Wang W.C., Luks-Morgan S.J., Song E., Gagnon J.A., Randlett O., Bianco I.h., Lacoste A.M.B., Glushenkova E., Barrios J.P., Schier A.F., Kunes S., Engert F., & Douglass A.D. (2019)

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​Distributed plasticity drives visual habituation learning in larval zebrafish. Current Biology. 

Randlett O., Haesemeyer M., Forkin G., Shoenhard H., Schier A.F., Engert F., & Granato M. (2019)

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High-throughput screening for selective appetite modulators: A multibehavioral and translational drug discovery strategy. Science Advances 4: DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav1966

Jordi J., Guggiana-Nilo D., Bolton AD., Prabha S., Ballotti K., Herrera KJ., Rennekamp AJ., Peterson RT., Lutz TA., & Engert F. (2018)

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​Brain-wide Organization of Neuronal Activity and Convergent Sensorimotor Transformations in Larval Zebrafish. Neuron.

Chen X., Mu Yu., Hu Yu., Kuan AT., Nikitchenko M., Randlett O., Chen AB., Gavornki JP., Sompolinsky H., Engert F., Ahrens MB (2018)

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A Brain-wide Circuit Model of Heat-Evoked Swimming Behavior in Larval Zebrafish. Neuron. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2018.04.013

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A novel mechanism for mechanosensory-based rheotaxis in larval zebrafish. Nature. doi:10.1038/nature23014.

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Whole-brain serial-section electron microscopy in larval zebrafish. Nature. 2017 May 18;545:345-349.

Hildebrand D.G.C., Cicconet M., Torres R.M., Choi W., Quan T.M., Moon J., ... & Engert F. (2017)

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From whole brain data to functional circuit models: the zebrafish optomotor response. Cell. 2016 Nov 3:947-960.

Naumann E.A., Fitzgerald J.E., Dunn T.W., Rihel J., Sompolinsky H., Engert F. (2016)

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Properties of the Visible Light Phototaxis and UV Avoidance Behaviors in the Larval Zebrafish. Front Behav Neurosci. 2016 Aug 19;10:160.

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Brain-wide mapping of neural activity controlling zebrafish exploratory locomotion. Elife. 2016 Mar 22;5:e12741.

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Neural Circuits Underlying Visually Evoked Escapes in Larval Zebrafish. Neuron. 2016 Feb 3;89(3):613-28.

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Whole-brain activity mapping onto a zebrafish brain atlas. Nat Methods. 2015 Nov;12(11):1039-46.

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The structure and timescales of heat perception in larval zebrafish. Cell Syst. 2015 Nov 25;1(5):338-348.

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A high-throughput assay for quantifying appetite and digestive dynamics.

Jordi J, Guggiana-Nilo D, Soucy E, Song EY, Lei Wee C, Engert F. (2015)

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Whole-field visual motion drives swimming in larval zebrafish via a stochastic process.

Portugues R, Haesemeyer M, Blum ML, Engert F. (2015)

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A convergent and essential interneuron pathway for Mauthner-cell-mediated escapes.

Lacoste AM, Schoppik D, Robson DN, Haesemeyer M, Portugues R, Li JM, Randlett O, Wee CL, Engert F, Schier AF. (2015)

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Visuomotor transformations underlying hunting behavior in zebrafish.

Bianco IH, Engert F.

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Neural control and modulation of swimming speed in the larval zebrafish.

Severi KE, Portugues R, Marques JC, O'Malley DM, Orger MB, Engert F.

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Navigational strategies underlying phototaxis in larval zebrafish.

Chen X, Engert F.

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