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Mauthner cell

The Mauthner cells are a pair of big and easily identifiable neurons (one for each half of the body) located in the rhombomere 4 of the hindbrain in fish and amphibians that are responsible for a very fast escape reflex (in the majority of animals – a so-called C-start response). The cells are also notable for their unusual use of both chemical and…

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Ludwig MauthnerStartleNeuroethologyNeurophysiologicalHistological
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Role in behavior

Escape reflexFishLarvalFrogsCenter of mass
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related to history · 18
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related to Plasticity · 11
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related to Axon cap · 9
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related to Feedback network · 9
Mauthner cell → Both, EHP, Extracellular Hyperpolarizing Potential, Late Collateral Inhibition, LCI, Mauthner, PHP, Signature, The
related to Mauthner cells in other types of behavior · 8
Mauthner cell → C-start, Cyclostomata, In, Larval, M-cells, Mauthner, Sudden, Thus
related to Signature field potential · 8
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related to The role of the Mauthner cell in the C-start behavior · 7
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related to Outputs · 5
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halfbeaksinstance ofTo prevent the prey from being stolen by more numerous competitors0.80text
archerfish have some of the fastest known C-starts among bony fish except pikeinstance ofTo prevent the prey from being stolen by more numerous competitors0.80text
Mauthner cellrelated to Axon capThe Mauthner0.60section
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Mauthner cellrelated to Axon capEvolutionarily0.60section
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