 Superior Colliculi
"Superior Colliculi" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The anterior pair of the quadrigeminal bodies which coordinate the general behavioral orienting responses to visual stimuli, such as whole-body turning, and reaching.
| Descriptor ID |
D013477
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.132.659.800.816
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| Concept/Terms |
Superior Colliculi- Superior Colliculi
- Colliculi, Superior
- Colliculus, Superior
- Optic Lobe, Mammalian
- Mammalian Optic Lobe
- Mammalian Optic Lobes
- Optic Lobes, Mammalian
- Superior Colliculus
- Tectum, Optic
- Anterior Colliculus
- Colliculus, Anterior
- Optic Tectum
- Optic Tectums
- Tectums, Optic
Optic Lobe, Human- Optic Lobe, Human
- Human Optic Lobe
- Human Optic Lobes
- Optic Lobes, Human
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Superior Colliculi" by people in Profiles.
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Upadhyaya S, Meng H, Das VE. Electrical stimulation of superior colliculus affects strabismus angle in monkey models for strabismus. J Neurophysiol. 2017 Mar 01; 117(3):1281-1292.
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Das VE, Economides JR, Ono S, Mustari MJ. Information processing by parafoveal cells in the primate nucleus of the optic tract. Exp Brain Res. 2001 Oct; 140(3):301-10.
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Chino YM, Sturr JF. The time course of inhibition during the delayed response of the on-off ganglion cell in the frog. Vision Res. 1975 Feb; 15(2):185-91.
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