 Tectum Mesencephali
"Tectum Mesencephali" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The dorsal portion or roof of the midbrain which is composed of two pairs of bumps, the INFERIOR COLLICULI and the SUPERIOR COLLICULI. These four colliculi are also called the quadrigeminal bodies (TECTUM MESENCEPHALI). They are centers for visual sensorimotor integration.
| Descriptor ID |
D003336
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.132.659.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Commissure of Superior Colliculus- Commissure of Superior Colliculus
- Colliculus Commissure, Superior
- Colliculus Commissures, Superior
- Superior Colliculus Commissure
- Superior Colliculus Commissures
Commissure of Inferior Colliculus- Commissure of Inferior Colliculus
- Colliculus Commissure, Inferior
- Colliculus Commissures, Inferior
- Inferior Colliculus Commissure
- Inferior Colliculus Commissures
Corpora Quadrigemina- Corpora Quadrigemina
- Quadrigemina, Corpora
- Quadrigeminal Plate
- Plate, Quadrigeminal
- Plates, Quadrigeminal
- Quadrigeminal Plates
- Lamina Quadrigemina
- Quadrigemina, Lamina
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tectum Mesencephali" by people in Profiles.
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Kulesz PA, Treble-Barna A, Williams VJ, Juranek J, Cirino PT, Dennis M, Fletcher JM. Attention in spina bifida myelomeningocele: Relations with brain volume and integrity. Neuroimage Clin. 2015; 8:72-8.
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Dennis M, Edelstein K, Copeland K, Frederick J, Francis DJ, Hetherington R, Blaser SE, Kramer LA, Drake JM, Brandt ME, Fletcher JM. Covert orienting to exogenous and endogenous cues in children with spina bifida. Neuropsychologia. 2005; 43(6):976-87.
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