Command neuron (Mauthner cell)

Layer 3 — Biologyin the Neuroethology subtree

Mauthner 1859 / Faber-Korn 1978: single giant neuron in fish hindbrain triggers C-start escape via single AP; fastest reflex (~5 ms latency); paradigmatic command-neuron concept.

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