BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM | Physiology of the Mauthner Cell: Function

D. S. Faber; A. E. Pereda

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-374553-8.00280-X

BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM | Physiology of the Mauthner Cell: Function

D. S. Faber, A. E. Pereda

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Abstract

The Mauthner cells are a pair of resticulospinal neurons involved in fish escape behaviors that are essential for survival. These escape responses can be triggered by a variety of sensory inputs, most prominently auditory and visual. Due to the connectivity of the Mauthner cell axon at the cranial and spinal cord levels, the activation of this cell produces a tail flip, which constitutes the initial phase of the escape response. A growing body of evidence suggests that the Mauthner cells also participate in voluntary behaviors, raising the possibility that these cells could be involved in a wide range of functions.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology
Subtitle of host publication	From Genome to Environment: Volume 1-3
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	73-79
Number of pages	7
Volume	1-3
ISBN (Electronic)	9780123745453
ISBN (Print)	9780080923239
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-374553-8.00280-X
State	Published - Jan 1 2011

Keywords

Action potential
Auditory
Axon
C-start
Ear
Escape response
Excitation
Field effect
Inhibition
Long-term potentiation
Mauthner
Motor control
Reticulospinal
Sacculus
Spinal network
Synapse

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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