colliculus Meaning & Definition

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  • Superior colliculus projections to pulvinar smaller injection site.

  • Detection of visual stimuli after lesions of the superior colliculus in the rat; deficit not confined to the far periphery.

  • The homology between the mammalian superior colliculus and the avian optic tectum is consistent with this idea.

  • Saccadic disorders caused by cooling the superior colliculus or the frontal eye field, or from combined lesions of both structures.

  • Retinal ganglion cells that project to the superior colliculus and pretectum in the macaque monkey.

  • The role of the superior colliculus in visually guided behaviour.

  • Excess target-derived brain-derived neurotrophic factor preserves the transient uncrossed retinal projection to the superior colliculus.

  • Superior colliculus neurons which project to the cat lateral posterior nucleus have varying morphologies.

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