PUBLICATION

Zebrafish Differentially Process Color across Visual Space to Match Natural Scenes

Authors
Zimmermann, M.J.Y., Nevala, N.E., Yoshimatsu, T., Osorio, D., Nilsson, D.E., Berens, P., Baden, T.
ID
ZDB-PUB-180626-1
Date
2018
Source
Current biology : CB   28(13): 2018-2032.e5 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Keywords
2-photon in vivo imaging, UV vision, bipolar cell, color, natural imaging, retina, vision, visual ecology, zebrafish
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Color Perception/physiology*
  • Color Vision/physiology*
  • Contrast Sensitivity
  • Female
  • Male
  • Retina/physiology
  • Zebrafish/physiology*
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PubMed
29937350 Full text @ Curr. Biol.
Abstract
Animal eyes have evolved to process behaviorally important visual information, but how retinas deal with statistical asymmetries in visual space remains poorly understood. Using hyperspectral imaging in the field, in vivo 2-photon imaging of retinal neurons, and anatomy, here we show that larval zebrafish use a highly anisotropic retina to asymmetrically survey their natural visual world. First, different neurons dominate different parts of the eye and are linked to a systematic shift in inner retinal function: above the animal, there is little color in nature, and retinal circuits are largely achromatic. Conversely, the lower visual field and horizon are color rich and are predominately surveyed by chromatic and color-opponent circuits that are spectrally matched to the dominant chromatic axes in nature. Second, in the horizontal and lower visual field, bipolar cell terminals encoding achromatic and color-opponent visual features are systematically arranged into distinct layers of the inner retina. Third, above the frontal horizon, a high-gain UV system piggybacks onto retinal circuits, likely to support prey capture.
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c264TgTransgenic Insertion
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      mi2007TgTransgenic Insertion
        q22TgTransgenic Insertion
          ub43TgTransgenic Insertion
            uss1TgTransgenic Insertion
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              Name Type Antigen Genes Isotypes Host Organism
              Ab1-chatpolyclonalGoat
              Ab3-prkcapolyclonal
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                zpr-1monoclonalIgG1Mouse
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                Marker Marker Type Name
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                GAL4EFGGAL4
                GCaMPEFGGCaMP
                mCherryEFGmCherry
                NTREFGNTR
                TomatoEFGTomato
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                Citation
                Zimmermann, M.J.Y., Nevala, N.E., Yoshimatsu, T., Osorio, D., Nilsson, D.E., Berens, P., Baden, T. (2018) Zebrafish Differentially Process Color across Visual Space to Match Natural Scenes. Current biology : CB. 28(13):2018-2032.e5.