Locomotion of fish evoked by electrical stimulation of the brain.

Abstract Stimulation of certain regions of the tegmentum in fish induced coordinated locomotor movements. With stronger stimulation the latencies of fin movements decreased, while their amplitude and frequencies increased. The most effective points of stimulation for induced locomotion were located at the dorsocaudal tegmentum near the midline.

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