Mark A. Masino

This study shows that dopaminergic signaling, particularly the dopamine 4 receptor, is developmentally regulated and contributes to the refinement of locomotor activity in larval zebrafish.

The paper shows V3 interneurons are active during fictive swimming in larval zebrafish and contribute to locomotor amplitude but not frequency.

The paper identifies differences in hair cell biology and behavior in zebrafish myo7aa-/- mutants and shows that L-type voltage-gated calcium channel agonists can rescue these phenotypes.