This work would not have been possible without the support of @UniKonstanz, @CBehav, @MPI_animalbehav, @zukunftskolleg, @ERC_Research, @Boehringer, NIH U19, and the #DFG. (7/7)

A big thanks to our co-authors Sophie Aimon, @_maxcapelle, @flofightscience, Heike Naumann, Herwig Baier, @KrasimirSlanch1, as well as our colleagues in the Neurobiology department, and scientific support structures of the @UniKonstanz. (6/7)

These results demonstrate how distinct visual features are extracted, processed in parallel, and eventually integrated to guide behavior. This modular and parallel circuit architecture provides a context-flexible solution for transforming sensory input into action. (5/7)

We investigated the morphology and neurotransmitters of functionally identified neurons and show how the identified pathways converge in the anterior hindbrain. (4/7)

Through brain-wide 2P calcium imaging, we identify neurons whose activity matches our model components. (3/7)

We find that zebrafish compute three visual features–motion, luminance level, and changes in luminance–and simply add cues to choose swim direction. Our model captures behavior and predicts potential computations in the brain. (2/7)

Larval zebrafish follow the direction of whole-field motion #OMR and prefer to swim towards brighter areas #phototaxis. But what happens in the brain when motion goes left, and there is brightness on the right? (1/7)

How do brains make decisions when faced with multiple, potentially conflicting cues? In our latest preprint, we show how #zebrafish use an additive strategy and process multiple visual features through anatomically distinct parallel pathways tinyurl.com/mvkn8em9 Thread 👇

We are proud to have @_maxcapelle's paper out on bioRxiv! He found that phototactic behavior in #zebrafish switches during #ontogeny🐟🔆Through elegant behavioral dissections, he identifies the navigational strategies related to this transition. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… Thread 👇