Engert describes work done with collaborators to develop a robust operant learning assay for larval zebrafish. Using this assay and techniques for measuring neuronal activity in tethered, awake fish, they are beginning to decipher what happens in a vertebrate brain while the animal is learning.
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Fish in the Matrix: Neuronal Activity and Animal Behavior in Virtual Environments
Florian Engert and his lab can measure neuronal activity in the whole brains of live, awake zebrafish larvae allowing them to link neuronal activity with behavior and learning. (Talk recorded in July 2017)
- Part 1: Fish in the Matrix: Neuronal Activity and Animal Behavior in Virtual EnvironmentsAudience:
- Student
- Researcher
- Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
- Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 27:00 - Part 2: Gain Control: Neuronal Activity and Animal Behavior in Virtual EnvironmentsAudience:
- Researcher
- Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 32:12 - Part 3: Neural Circuits Governing Operant ConditioningAudience:
- Researcher
- Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 33:45