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Norepinephrine changes behavioral state through astroglial purinergic signaling

Chen AB, Duque M, Rymbek A, Dhanasekar M, Wang VM, Mi X, Tocquer L, Narayan S, Legorreta EM, Eddison E, Yu G, Wyart C, Prober DA, Engert F, and Ahrens MB Science (2025).

Ketamine induces plasticity in a norepinephrine-astroglial circuit to promote behavioral perseverance

Duque M, Chen AB, Hsu E, Narayan S, Rymbek A, Begum S, Saher G, Cohen AE, Olson DE, Li Y, Prober DA, Bergles DE, Fishman MC, Engert F, Ahrens MB

Neuron (2024)

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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

Norepinephrine changes behavioral state through astroglial purinergic signaling

Ketamine induces plasticity in a norepinephrine-astroglial circuit to promote behavioral perseverance

Functional neuronal circuits emerge in the absence of developmental activity

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

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

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

Voltage imaging identifies spinal circuits that modulate locomotor adaptation in zebrafish

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Convergent temperature representations in artifical and biological neural networks. Neuron

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Visuomotor transformations underlying hunting behavior in zebrafish.

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

Navigational strategies underlying phototaxis in larval zebrafish.

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

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