How visual information reaches the goldfish Mauthner neuron: from seeing to a fast-start decision in 35 ms.

The two huge Mauthner neurons (MNs) form the center of the fast-start network in the hindbrain of fish. Their activation initiates a rapid turning maneuver, the so-called C-start, within milliseconds. Here, we recorded intracellularly from the MNs of…

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