OSCR

Head stabilization behavior and underlying circuit mechanisms in larval zebrafish.

Overview

Authors: Takumi Sugioka1,2, Tod R. Thiele3,4,5,6, Herwig Baier6, Masashi Tanimoto1,2, Shin-ichi Higashijima1,2
ORCID iDs: Takumi Sugioka, Herwig Baier, Masashi Tanimoto, Shin-ichi Higashijima
  1. Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems,Okazaki, Japan
  2. National Institute for Basic Biology,Okazaki, Japan
  3. Natural Science Division, Pepperdine University,Malibu, CA USA
  4. Department of Biological Science, University of Toronto Scarborough,Toronto, ON Canada
  5. Department of Cell and System Biology, University of Toronto,Toronto, ON Canada
  6. Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, Department Genes—Circuits—Behavior,Martinsried, Germany
Institutions: The Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (Japan); National Institute for Basic Biology (Japan); Pepperdine University (United States); University of Toronto (Canada); Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence
Journal: Communications biology, volume 9, issue 1, article 748
Dates: received 14 December 2025; accepted 24 March 2026; published online 4 April 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY-NC-ND
Identifiers: DOI 10.1038/s42003-026-09990-4 · PMID 41935213 · PMCID PMC13230535 · OpenAlex W4416265215
Open access: gold, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Preprint: doi:10.1101/2025.11.12.688155
Status: code verified
Categories: zebrafish (organism), systems (subfield)
Methods: Statistics, Evoked potentials, fMRI & imaging, Smoothing, state filtering, decompositions
Keywords: Spinal cord, Neural circuits, Neurophysiology
MeSH: Behavior, Animal*, Head*, Head Movements*, Zebrafish*, Animals, Larva (* major topic)
Topic: Vestibular and auditory disorders (Neurology, Neuroscience), according to OpenAlex
Funding: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP24KJ0242, JP24K18163, JP20K06866, JP23K05983); Max Planck Society
Citations: cited by 1 paper (Europe PMC); 75 references in the paper
Research resources: RRID:AB_2534088, The S58 monoclonal antibody supernatant RRID:AB_528377

Abstract

The abstract is not reproduced here: the paper's license (CC BY-NC-ND) does not allow it. Read it in the paper, at the publisher or on Europe PMC.

Code

No file of the authors' code could be read here: it is described below, and read at its source.

Zenodo 18832196

License: CC-BY-4.0
State: the link answers, verified on 28 September 2026
Evidence: files inventoried
Size: 1 file
Software Heritage: not checked
Found in: “Code availability”
Not found: README, license file, CITATION.cff, environment file, tests, continuous integration, documentation
Availability: 1 check, the latest on 28 September 2026: the link answers (HTTP 200)
  • 28 September 2026: the link answers (HTTP 200)
At the source:

Code availability statement

The paper has a code availability statement. Its license (CC BY-NC-ND) does not allow reproducing it here; in short, from what the harvester recognized in it:

  • it points to the authors' code: Zenodo 18832196

Read it in the paper: doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-09990-4.

Tracing map

Proposed by the machine: these links were found in the paper and verified at the source, without human review. The map will receive a Zenodo DOI once one of the paper's authors has validated it with their ORCID.

What the map holds:

  • 1 repository of the authors' code, each at its verified commit, with its license and how the link was found in the paper;
  • 0 scripts, each with its path and the digest of its content;
  • no match between paragraphs and code yet;
  • neither the text of the paper nor the code itself.

Its JSON (tracing-map.json) is deposited on Zenodo with its DOI once the map is validated.

Data

No dataset and no data link were found in the paper.

Data availability statement

The paper has a data availability statement. Its license (CC BY-NC-ND) does not allow reproducing it here; in short, from what the harvester recognized in it:

  • no repository, dataset or request procedure was recognized in it

Read it in the paper: doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-09990-4.

Versions

The history of this record: each version stored by the harvester or made by a correction of its authors or of the maintainers of its code, and what changed in its facts. The texts of the paper (its abstract, its availability statements) are not part of it; versions that changed only those are not listed.

Version 1, 28 September 2026: the first record

Recorded: type, language, journal, volume, issue, pages, dates, 5 authors, 3 keywords, 6 MeSH terms, 2 funders, 74 references, 2 RRIDs.

Cite

This paper

Sugioka, T., Thiele, T. R., Baier, H., Tanimoto, M., & Higashijima, S.-i. (2026). Head stabilization behavior and underlying circuit mechanisms in larval zebrafish. Communications biology, 9(1), 748. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-09990-4

BibTeX

@article{sugioka2026head,
author = {Sugioka, Takumi and Thiele, Tod R. and Baier, Herwig and Tanimoto, Masashi and Higashijima, Shin-ichi},
title = {{Head stabilization behavior and underlying circuit mechanisms in larval zebrafish}},
journal = {Communications biology},
year = {2026},
month = apr,
volume = {9},
number = {1},
pages = {748},
publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
issn = {2399-3642},
doi = {10.1038/s42003-026-09990-4},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-09990-4},
pmid = {41935213},
pmcid = {PMC13230535}
}

RIS

TY - JOUR
AU - Sugioka, Takumi
AU - Thiele, Tod R.
AU - Baier, Herwig
AU - Tanimoto, Masashi
AU - Higashijima, Shin-ichi
TI - Head stabilization behavior and underlying circuit mechanisms in larval zebrafish
T2 - Communications biology
J2 - Commun Biol
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/04/04
VL - 9
IS - 1
SP - 748
SN - 2399-3642
PB - Nature Publishing Group
DO - 10.1038/s42003-026-09990-4
UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-09990-4
LA - en
ER -

CSL-JSON

{
"id": "10.1038/s42003-026-09990-4",
"type": "article-journal",
"title": "Head stabilization behavior and underlying circuit mechanisms in larval zebrafish",
"container-title": "Communications biology",
"author": [
{
"family": "Sugioka",
"given": "Takumi"
},
{
"family": "Thiele",
"given": "Tod R."
},
{
"family": "Baier",
"given": "Herwig"
},
{
"family": "Tanimoto",
"given": "Masashi"
},
{
"family": "Higashijima",
"given": "Shin-ichi"
}
],
"container-title-short": "Commun Biol",
"volume": "9",
"issue": "1",
"page": "748",
"DOI": "10.1038/s42003-026-09990-4",
"PMID": "41935213",
"PMCID": "PMC13230535",
"ISSN": "2399-3642",
"publisher": "Nature Publishing Group",
"URL": "https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-09990-4",
"language": "en",
"issued": {
"date-parts": [
[
2026,
4,
4
]
]
}
}

The tracing map gets a citation of its own once an author has validated it and it has a DOI.

Similar papers

The papers with a page that share the most with this one: the tools found in their code, their categories, datasets, cited references and authors, the rarest counting most.

[1] doi:10.1038/s42003-026-10141-y
Directionally biased neuronal responses to pitch-axis vestibular stimulation in larval zebrafish compared to roll-axis responses.
Journal: Communications biology
In common: zebrafish, systems, 11 references
[2] doi:10.1038/s41467-026-69633-4 [code]
Visuomotor decision-making through multifeature convergence in the larval zebrafish hindbrain.
Journal: Nature communications
In common: zebrafish, 1 reference, author Herwig Baier
[3] doi:10.1038/s41467-026-71371-6
Molecular and functional dissection using CaMPARI-seq reveals the neuronal organization for dissociating optic flow-dependent behaviors.
Journal: Nature communications
In common: zebrafish, 3 references
[4] doi:10.64898/2026.03.11.711185
The inferior olive transforms upstream sensorimotor errors into cerebellar teaching signals
Journal: bioRxiv (preprint)
In common: systems, 3 references
[5] doi:10.1038/s41467-026-71640-4
Neural temporal scaling accounts for robust hunting behavior across temperatures.
Journal: Nature communications
In common: zebrafish, systems, 2 references
[6] doi:10.1016/j.isci.2026.117136 [code]
Complex pectoral-fin-driven locomotion underlies refined visuomotor behavior in the cichlid <i>Astatotilapia burtoni</i>.
Journal: iScience
In common: zebrafish, systems, 2 references
[7] doi:10.1126/sciadv.aeb5860 [code]
The cerebellum implements structured representation of valence to support adaptive behavior control.
Journal: Science advances
In common: zebrafish, systems, 2 references
[8] doi:10.1038/s41467-026-76267-z [code]
Modulation of habenula axon terminals supports action-outcome associations in larval zebrafish.
Journal: Nature communications
In common: zebrafish, 2 references
[9] doi:10.3389/fnins.2026.1790603 [code]
A novel behavioral paradigm using mice to study predictive postural control.
Journal: Frontiers in neuroscience
In common: 2 references
[10] doi:10.1038/s41467-026-71666-8
Distinct distributed neural dynamics predict pallium-dependent social approach.
Journal: Nature communications
In common: zebrafish, systems, 1 reference

Contribute

The authors of this paper can claim it, correct its record and validate its tracing map, and the maintainers of its code (its owner, or a public member of its organization) correct what it says of their repository; anyone signed in can ask for its removal. Every request goes to OSCR's own machine, which answers it; your account page follows them.

Sign in with ORCID to claim this paper as one of its authors, correct its record or validate its tracing map: when the paper's metadata lists your ORCID iD, you are recognized at once. Maintainers of its code: sign in with GitHub, then claim the repository on your account page.

Request its removal

To ask OSCR to remove this record, the copies of its authors' scripts or its tracing map, use the removal request page: signed in, you say who you are, what to remove and why, then review and confirm the request. Published rules decide every request (how).

Discussion, reproductions, activity

Discussion: questions and error reports about this paper and its code, from signed-in readers and its authors. It opens with sign-in.

Reproductions: reports from readers who ran the authors' code: what they reproduced, with which environment, commit and data. It opens with sign-in.

Activity: what happens around this paper: new versions of its record, its map's validation, discussions and reproductions. It opens with sign-in.