Publications

Nature 650 (8102)

Plastic landmark anchoring in zebrafish compass neurons

Tanaka R, Portugues R

Nature 650 (8102), 673-680, 2026.

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Visual motion and landmark position align with heading direction in the zebrafish interpeduncular nucleus

Lavian H, Prat O, Petrucco L, Štih V, Portugues R.

Nature Communications 16, 9924, 2025.

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Algorithmic dissection of optic flow memory in larval zebrafish

Tanaka R, Portugues R.

Current Biology 35, (20) , P4870-4881.E4, 2025.

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On analogies in vertebrate and insect visual systems

Tanaka R, Portugues R.

Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 26, 456–475, 2025.

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Mathematics in Biology

Meister M, Lee KY, Portugues R.

MIT Press, 2025.

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Comparing the representation of a simple visual stimulus across the cerebellar network

Prat O*, Petrucco L*, Štih V, Portugues R.

eNeuro.0023-24.2024, 2024.

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Structural and Functional Organization of Visual Responses in the Inferior Olive of Larval Zebrafish

Felix R*, Markov DA*, Renninger SL, Tomas AR, Laborde A, Carey MR, Orger MB#, Portugues R#.

Journal of Neuroscience 21, 44 (8), 2024.

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The preoptic area and dorsal habenula jointly support homeostatic navigation in larval zebrafish

Palieri V, Paoli E , Wu YK, Haesemeyer M, Grunwald Kadow IC, Portugues R.

Current Biology 34, (3), 489-507, 2024.

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The mesencephalic locomotor region recruits V2a reticulospinal neurons to drive forward locomotion in larval zebrafish

Carbo-Cano M, Lapoix M, Xinyu J, Thouvenin O, Pascucci M, Auclair F, Quan FB, Albadri S, Aguda V, Farouj Y, Hillman EMC, Portugues R, Del Bene F, Thiele TR, Dubuc R, Wyart C.

Nature Neuroscience 26, 1775-1790, 2023.

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Dimensionality reduction reveals separate translation and rotation populations in the zebrafish hindbrain

Feierstein CE, de Goeij MHM, Ostrovsky AD, Laborde A, Portugues R, Orger MB*, Machens CK*.

Current Biology 33, 3911-3925.e6, 2023.

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Neural dynamics and architecture of the heading direction circuit in zebrafish

Petrucco L*, Lavian H*, Wu Y-K, Svara F, Štih V, Portugues R.

Nature Neuroscience 26, 765-773, 2023.

Dispatch: "Fish and fly headed in the same direction", Heinze, Curr Biol 33: PR677-R679, 2023.

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Oligodendrocyte precursor cells sculpt the visual system by regulating axonal remodeling

Xiao Y, Petrucco L, Hoodless LJ, ,Portugues R, Czopka T.

Nature Neuroscience 25, 280-284, 2022.

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Functional‌ ‌and‌ ‌ultrastructural‌ ‌analysis‌ ‌of‌ ‌reafferent‌ mechanosensation‌ ‌in‌ ‌larval‌ ‌zebrafish‌

Odstrcil I, Petkova MD, Haesemeyer M, Boulanger-Weill J, Nikitchenko M, Gagnon JA, Oteiza P, Schalek R, Peleg A, Portugues R, Lichtman J, Engert F.

Current Biology, Volume 32, 176-189, 2022.

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A cerebellar internal model calibrates a feedback controller involved in sensorimotor control

Markov DA, Petrucco L, Kist AM, Portugues R.

Nature Communications, 12, 6694, 2021.

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Notch-mediated re-specification of neuronal identity during central nervous system development‌

Engerer P*, Petridou E*, Williams PR, Suzuki SC, Yoshimatsu T, Portugues R, Misgeld T, Godinho L.

Current Biology, Volume 31, 4870-4878, 2021.

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Visualizing anatomically registered data with Brainrender

Claudi F*, Tyson AL*, Petrucco L*, Margrie TW, Portugues R, Branco T.

eLife 2021;10:e65751, 2021.

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A neuronal blueprint for directional mechanosensation in larval zebrafish

Valera G*, Markov DA, Bijari K, Randlett O, Asgharsharghi A, Baudoin J-P, Ascoli GA, Portugues R, López-Schier H.

Current Biology, Volume 31, 1463-1475, 2021.

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Phagocyte-mediated synapse removal in cortical neuroinflammation is promoted by local calcium accumulation

Jafari M*, Schumacher A-M*, Snaidero N*, Ullrich Gavilanes EM,Neziraj T, Kocsis-Jutka V, Engels D, Jürgens T, Wagner I, Flórez Weidinger JD, Schmidt SS, Beltrán E, Hagan N, Woodworth L, Ofengeim D, Gans J, Wolf F, Kreutzfeldt M, Portugues R, Merkler D#, Misgeld T#, Kerschensteiner M#.

Nature Neuroscience volume 24, pages 355–367, 2021.

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BrainGlobe Atlas API: a common interface for neuroanatomical atlases

Claudi F, Petrucco L, Tyson AL, Branco T, Margrie TW, Portugues R.

Journal of Open Source Software, 5(54), 2668, 2020.

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A neural representation of naturalistic motion-guided behavior in the zebrafish brain

Yildizoglu T, Riegler C, Fitzgerald JE#, Portugues R#.

Current Biology, Volume 30, Issue 12, pages 2321-2333.e6, 2020.

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Valence and state-dependent population coding in dopaminergic neurons in the fly mushroom body

KP Siju, Štih V, Aimon S, Gjorgjieva J, Portugues R, Grunwald Kadow IC.

Current Biology, Volume 30, Issue 11, pages 2104-2115.e4, 2020.

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FGCaMP7, an improved version of fungi-based ratiometric calcium indicator for in vivo visualization of neuronal activity

Barykina NV, Sotskov VP, Gruzdeva AM, Wu YK, Portugues R, Subach OM, Chefanova ES, Plusnin VV, Ivashkina OI, Anokhin KV, Vlaskina AV, Korzhenevskiy DA, Nikolaeva AY, Boyko KM, Rakitina TV, Varizhuk AM, Pozmogova GE, Subach FV.

Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21(8), 3012, 2020.

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Evidence accumulation during a sensorimotor decision task revealed by whole-brain imaging

Dragomir EI, Štih V, Portugues R.

Nature Neuroscience volume 23, pages 85–93, 2020.

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Optomotor swimming in larval zebrafish Is driven by global whole-field visual motion and local light-dark transitions

Kist AM, Portugues R.

Cell Reports, doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2019.09.024, 2019.

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Stytra: An open-source, integrated system for stimulation, tracking and closed-loop behavioral experiments

Štih V, Petrucco L, Kist AM, Portugues R.

PLOS Computational Biology, 2019.

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Motor context dominates output from purkinje cell functional regions during reflexive visuomotor behaviours

Knogler LD, Kist AM, Portugues R.

eLife, doi:10.7554/eLife.42138, 2019.

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Imaging-based screening platform assists protein engineering

Fabritius A, Ng D, Kist AM, Erdogan M, Portugues R, Griesbeck O.

Cell Chemical Biology, doi:10.1016/j.chembiol.2018.08.008, 2018.

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A novel mechanism for mechanosensory-based rheotaxis in larval zebrafish

Oteiza P*, Odstrcil I*, Lauder G, Portugues R#, Engert F#.

Nature 547 27: 445-448, doi:10/1038/nature23014, 2017.

News & views: “Biomechanics: how fish feel the flow”, Dabiri JO, Nature 547, 406-407, 2017.

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Sensorimotor representations in cerebellar granule cells in larval zebrafish are dense, spatially organized, and non-temporally patterned

Knogler LD, Markov AD, Dragomir EI, Štih V, Portugues R.

Curr Biol 27: 1288-1302, 2017.

Dispatch: “Cerebellar granule cells: dense, rich and evolving representations” , Badura and De Zeeuw, Curr Biol 27: R415-R418, 2017.

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Whole-brain serial-section electron microscopy in larval zebrafish

Hildebrand DGC, Cicconet M, Torres RM, Choi W, Quan TM, Moon J, Wetzel AW, Champion AS, Graham BJ, Randlett O, Plummer GS, Portugues R, Bianco IH, Saalfeld S, Baden AD, Lillaney K, Burns R, Vogelstein JT, Schier AF, Lee WCA, Jeong WK, Lichtman JW, Engert F.

Nature 545, 345-349, 2017.

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Whole-brain imaging using genetically encoded activity sensors in vertebrates

Kist AM, Knogler LD, Markov DA, Yildizoglu T, Portugues R.

Decoding neural circuit structure and function, Springer, 2017.

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Report of the 4th European Zebrafish Principal Investigator Meeting

Lopes SS, Distel M, Linker C, Fior R, Monteiro R, Bianco IH, Portugues R, Strähle U, Saúde L.

Zebrafish, 2016.

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Correlating whole brain neural activity with behavior in head-fixed larval zebrafish

Orger MB, Portugues R.

Methods Mol Biol 1451: 307, 2016.

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Whole-brain activity mapping onto a zebrafish brain atlas

Randlett O, Wee C, Naumann E, Nnaemeka O, Schoppik D, Fitzgerald J, Portugues R, Lacoste AMB, Riegler C, Engert F, Schier AF.

Nat Meth 12, 1039-1046, 2015.

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A convergent and essential interneuron pathway for Mauthner-cell-mediated escapes

Lacoste AMB, Schoppik D, Robson DN, Haesemeyer M, Portugues R, Li JM, Randlett O, Wee CL, Engert F, Schier AF.

Curr Biol 25(11): 1526-1534, 2015.

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Whole-field visual motion drives swimming in larval zebrafish via a stochastic process

Portugues R*, Haesemeyer M*, Blum ML, Engert F.

J Exp Biol 218: 1433-1443, 2015.

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Seeing the whole picture: A comprehensive imaging approach to functional mapping of circuits in behaving zebrafish

Feierstein CE, Portugues R, Orger MB.

Neurosci 296: 26-38, 2015.

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Putting a finishing touch on GECIs

Rose T, Goltstein PM, Portugues R, Griesbeck O.

Front Mol Neurosci 7: 88, 2014.

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Neural control and modulation of swimming speed in the larval zebrafish

Severi KE*, Portugues R*#, Marques JC, O’Malley DM, Orger MB, Engert F#.

Neuron 83: 692-707, 2014.

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Whole-brain activity maps reveal stereotyped, distributed networks for visuomotor behavior

Portugues R*, Feierstein CE*, Engert F, Orger MB.

Neuron 81: 1328-1343, 2014.

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Optogenetics in a transparent animal: circuit function in the larval zebrafish

Portugues R, Severi KE, Wyart C, Ahrens MB.

Curr Opin Neurobiol 23: 119-216, 2013.

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Optimization of a GCaMP calcium indicator for neural activity imaging

Akerboom J, Chen T-W, Wardill TJ, Tian L, Marvin JS, Mutlu S, Calderon NC, Esposti F, Borghuis BG, Sun XR, et al.

J Neurosci 32: 13819-13840, 2012.

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Brain-wide neuronal dynamics during motor adaptation in zebrafish

Ahrens MB, Li JM, Orger MB, Robson DN, Schier AF, Engert F, Portugues R.

Nature 485: 471-477, 2012.

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Ontogeny of classical and operant learning behaviors in zebrafish

Valente A*, Huang K-H*, Portugues R, Engert F.

Learn Mem 19: 170-177, 2012.

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Adaptive locomotor behavior in larval zebrafish

Portugues R, Engert F.

Front Syst Neurosci 5: 72, 2011.

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The neural basis of visual behaviors in the larval zebrafish

Portugues R, Engert F.

Curr Opin Neurobiol 19: 644-647, 2009.

Gauge/string duality in confining theories

Edelstein JD, Portugues R.

Fortsch Phys 54: 525-579, HEP-TH 0602021, 2006.

Monopoles for gravitation and for higher spin fields

Bunster C, Cnockaert S, Henneaux M, Portugues R.

Phys Rev D73:105014, HEP-TH 0601222, 2006.

Deforming baryons into confining strings

Hartnoll SA, Portugues R.

Phys Rev D73:105014, HEP-TH 0601222, 2004.

Membrane solitons in eight-dimensional hyperkaehler backgrounds

Portugues R.

JHEP 0403:051, HEP-TH 0311099, 2004.

The chiral anomaly from M theory

Gursoy U, Hartnoll SA, Portugues R.

Phys Rev D69:086003, HEP-TH 0311088, 2004.

Sigma model soliton intersections from exceptional calibrations

Portugues R, Townsend PK.

JHEP 0204:039, HEP-TH 0203181, 2002.

Intersoliton forces in the Wess-Zumino model

Portugues R, Townsend PK.

Phys Lett B530:227-234, HEP-TH 0112077, 2002.

D-brane solitons in supersymmetric sigma models

Gauntlett JP, Portugues R, Tong D, Townsend PK.

Phys Rev D63:085002, HEP-TH 0008221, 2001.