Abstract
Dynamic control of motor sequences is central to animal behavior. Motor sequences are continuously adjusted in response to both the external world and the animal’s own internal state. How the brain solves this dynamical control problem is a fundamental question in neuroscience. During foraging for live prey, larval zebrafish executes complex motor sequences, which are adjusted on two distinct timescales in response to the prey position and the animal’s motivational state. Using tracking microscopy, we simultaneously imaged behavior and whole brain neural activity at cellular resolution in freely swimming zebrafish for hours during foraging. We will present both a behavioral and neural model of prey capture in larval zebrafish as a nested control problem.
