Visual pursuit behavior in mice maintains the pursued prey on the retinal region with least optic flow.

ABSTRACT: Mice have a large visual field that is constantly stabilized by vestibular ocular reflex (VOR) driven eye rotations that counter head-rotations. While maintaining their extensive visual coverage is advantageous for predator detection, mice also track and capture prey using vision. However, in the freely moving animal quantifying object location in the field of view is challenging. Here, we developed a method to digitally reconstruct and quantify the visual scene of freely moving mice performing a visually based prey capture task. By isolating the visual sense and combining a mouse eye optic model with the head and eye rotations, the detailed reconstruction of the digital environment and retinal features were projected onto the corneal surface for comparison, and updated throughout the beha

SUBMITTER: Holmgren CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8547958 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature