Citation

Oda Y. Brain Nerve 2015; 67(10): 1173-1183.

Affiliation

Laboratory of Brain Function and Structure, Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Igaku Shoin)

DOI

10.11477/mf.1416200281

PMID

26450070

Abstract

Escape behaviors are crucial to survive predator encounters or aversive stimuli. The neural circuits mediating escape behaviors of different animal species have a common framework to trigger extremely fast and robust movement with minimum delay. Thus, the neuronal escape circuits possibly represent functional architectures that perform the most efficient sensory-motor processing in the brain. Here, I review the escape behaviors and underlying neuronal circuits of several invertebrates and fish by focusing on the Mauthner cells, a pair of giant reticulospinal neurons in the hindbrain, that trigger fast escape behavior in goldfish and zebrafish.

Language: ja