Masking of a circadian behavior in larval zebrafish involves the thalamo-habenula pathway

• Main Authors: Lin, Qian, Jesuthasan, Suresh
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Animal behaviour; Neural circuits
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86631; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44153
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Changes in illumination can rapidly influence behavior that is normally controlled by the circadian clock. This effect is termed masking. In mice, masking requires melanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion cells that detect blue light and project to the thalamus. It is not known whether masking is wave...