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  1. How does a fish make a split-second escape decision?

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, December 2025, The Company of Biologists

    Dr. Peter Machnik

  2. A fish that escapes towards looming-disk stimuli

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, November 2025, The Company of Biologists

    Dr. Peter Machnik

  3. Fate of an escape neuron in a blind fish inhabiting a predator-free environment.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr. Peter Machnik

  4. Behavioral assessment of the visual capabilities of fishes

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Peter Machnik

  5. Recordings in an integrating central neuron reveal the mode of action of isoeugenol

    Article • Communications Biology, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Peter Machnik

  6. Recording from an Identified Neuron Efficiently Reveals Hazard for Brain Function in Risk Assessment

    Article • Molecules, November 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Peter Machnik

  7. Bisphenols exert detrimental effects on neuronal signaling in mature vertebrate brains

    Article • Communications Biology, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Peter Machnik

  8. Recordings in an integrating central neuron provide a quick way for identifying appropriate anaesthetic use in fish

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Peter Machnik

  9. The Mauthner cell in a fish with top-performance and yet flexibly-tuned C-starts I. Identification and comparative morphology

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, January 2018, The Company of Biologists

    Dr. Peter Machnik

  10. The Mauthner cell in a fish with top-performance and yet flexibly-tuned C-starts II. Physiology

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, January 2018, The Company of Biologists

    Dr. Peter Machnik

  11. Lactation does not alter the long-term stability of individual differences in behavior of laboratory mice on the elevated plus maze

    Article • Journal of Ethology, December 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Peter Machnik

  12. Novel electrosensory advertising during diurnal resting period in male snoutfish, Marcusenius altisambesi (Mormyridae, Teleostei)

    Article • Journal of Ethology, August 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Peter Machnik

  13. A male’s playback signal turns femaleMarcusenius pongolensisreceivers on or off depending on his behavioral state

    Article • Communicative & Integrative Biology, October 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Peter Machnik

  14. Female choice by electric pulse duration: attractiveness of the males'communication signal assessed by female bulldog fish,Marcusenius pongolensis(Mormyridae, Teleostei)

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, June 2008, The Company of Biologists

    Dr. Peter Machnik