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Akira Muto1, Pradeep Lal1, Deepak Ailani1

  • 1Division of Molecular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Genetics, Department of Genetics, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Yata 1111, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan.

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|April 21, 2017
PubMed
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Researchers discovered a visual pathway in zebrafish that connects prey detection to the brain's feeding center. This pretecto-hypothalamic pathway converts visual food cues into feeding motivation, crucial for survival.

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