His group studies the cellular and genetic control of gastrulation
movements in zebrafish, one of the model organisms studied at the institute besides Drosophila, the C. elegans worm, frogs, mice, and newts.
Control of convergent yolk syncytial layer nuclear
movement in zebrafish.
Not exact matches
Working
in zebrafish, for example, we will identify how small areas of the brain involved
in initiating
movements influence how the entire brain processes feedback from those
movements.
We expect the following predictions to be met: (i) a free - swimming robot whose design and
movement are inspired by a
zebrafish will not elicit fear response
in zebrafish; (ii) the subjects will change their social interaction
in the presence of the robotic fish; and (iii) the speed of the robotic fish will differentially modulate fish collective behavior.
At the Erasmus Medical Center
in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, researchers have investigated this
movement disorder using a PARK15 (an atypical early - onset parkinsonism)
zebrafish model and DanioVision.
Lara Carvalho (Heisenberg, MPG)-- «The role of yolk syncytial layer
in blastoderm
movements during gastrulation
in zebrafish» (2007)
From these tracks detailed analysis of freezing behavior and erratic
movements was performed to assess fear behavior
in the
zebrafish.