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The Role of Movement-Related Feedback in The Control of Locomotion in Fish and Lamprey

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Feedback and Motor Control in Invertebrates and Vertebrates

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In its natural habitat, a fish must continuously adapt its swimming movements to the existing environmental conditions as it pursues its various aims. A coral reef. dwelling fish, for example, will manoeuvre its body into a position suitable for nibbling vegetation from a coral, while simultaneously coping with often powerful water currents. To capture its victim a predatory fish must be able not only to accelerate suddenly, but also to avoid any obstacles such as rocks or seaweed. A swimming fish will benefit from a quick withdrawal reflex in response to a noxious stimulus, but it must be able to integrate this response with the swimming movement.

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Glasgow, UK

    W. J. P. Barnes BSc, PhD

  2. Institute of Physiology, University of Glasgow, UK

    M. H. Gladden MB, BS, PhD, MRCS(Eng), LRCP(Lond), DCH

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Wallén, P., Williams, T.L. (1985). The Role of Movement-Related Feedback in The Control of Locomotion in Fish and Lamprey. In: Barnes, W.J.P., Gladden, M.H. (eds) Feedback and Motor Control in Invertebrates and Vertebrates. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7084-0_21

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