An Integrated Platform for Studying Sensory Networks in the Vertebrate Brain

Auditory processing in rodent models of autism: a systematic review

M Wilde, L Constantin, PR Thorne, JM Montgomery, EK Scott, JE Cheyne

2022-12-01

Autism is a complex condition with many traits, including differences in auditory sensitivity. Studies in human autism are plagued..

Brain-wide visual habituation networks in wild type and fmr1 zebrafish

E Marquez-Legorreta, L Constantin, M Piber, IA Favre-Bulle, MA Taylor, AS Blevins, J Giacomotto, DS Bassett, GC Vanwalleghem, EK Scott

2022-12-01

Habituation is a form of learning during which animals stop responding to repetitive stimuli, and deficits in habituation are char..

Optical tweezers across scales in cell biology

IA Favre-Bulle, EK Scott

2022-11-01

Optical tweezers (OT) provide a noninvasive approach for delivering minute physical forces to targeted objects. Controlling such f..

Contributions of Luminance and Motion to Visual Escape and Habituation in Larval Zebrafish

T Mancienne, E Marquez-Legorreta, M Wilde, M Piber, I Favre-Bulle, G Vanwalleghem, EK Scott

2021-10-21

Animals from insects to humans perform visual escape behavior in response to looming stimuli, and these responses habituate if loo..

The tectum/superior colliculus as the vertebrate solution for spatial sensory integration and action

T Isa, E Marquez-Legorreta, S Grillner, EK Scott

2021-06-07

The superior colliculus, or tectum in the case of non-mammalian vertebrates, is a part of the brain that registers events in the s..

Broad frequency sensitivity and complex neural coding in the larval zebrafish auditory system

RE Poulsen, LA Scholz, L Constantin, I Favre-Bulle, GC Vanwalleghem, EK Scott

2021-05-10

Most animals have complex auditory systems that identify salient features of the acoustic landscape to direct appropriate response..

Calcium Imaging and the Curse of Negativity

G Vanwalleghem, L Constantin, EK Scott

2021-01-06

The imaging of neuronal activity using calcium indicators has become a staple of modern neuroscience. However, without ground trut..

Sound generation in zebrafish with Bio-Opto-Acoustics

IA Favre-Bulle, MA Taylor, E Marquez-Legorreta, G Vanwalleghem, RE Poulsen, H Rubinsztein-Dunlop, EK Scott

2020-12-01

Hearing is a crucial sense in underwater environments for communication, hunting, attracting mates, and detecting predators. Howev..

Altered brain-wide auditory networks in a zebrafish model of fragile X syndrome

L Constantin, RE Poulsen, LA Scholz, IA Favre-Bulle, MA Taylor, B Sun, GJ Goodhill, GC Vanwalleghem, EK Scott

2020-09-16

Background: Loss or disrupted expression of the FMR1 gene causes fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most common monogenetic form of aut..