Multisensory integration enhances audiovisual responses in the Mauthner cell.

ABSTRACT: Multisensory integration (MSI) combines information from multiple sensory modalities to create a coherent perception of the world. In contexts where sensory information is limited or equivocal, it also allows animals to integrate individually ambiguous stimuli into a clearer or more accurate percept and, thus, react with a more adaptive behavioral response. Although responses to multisensory stimuli have been described at the neuronal and behavioral levels, a causal or direct link between these two is still missing. In this study, we studied the integration of audiovisual inputs in the Mauthner cell, a command neuron necessary and sufficient to trigger a stereotypical escape response in fish. We performed intracellular recordings in adult goldfish while presenting a diverse range of stimul

SUBMITTER: Otero-Coronel S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11620741 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature