NeuRoLab

In today's scientific world, many scientists and scientific circles continue their work in the fields of neuroscience and neuropsychology using animals in experiments and want to measure the responses to certain experiments in order to take more important steps. This is an opportunity not only to understand nature and animal responses, but also to better understand the human body and the neuroscientific responses of the human brain. Living things combine signals from their senses to make sense of their environment, and these signals from different sensory patterns are filtered by the central nervous system to form perception. When necessary, the contribution of different sensory models is dynamically reweighted. However, the behavioral and neural mechanisms behind the multisensory integration and weighting processes are not yet fully understood.

The aim of our project is to design and produce a unique 360-degree radial experimental setup to investigate multisensory integration processes in zebrafish. Thanks to the system to be produced within the scope of our project, the visual and mechanical perceptual salience of zebrafish during reotaxy behavior will be changed in a controlled manner and the changes in sensory weighting will be observed accordingly.