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Corpora quadrigemina, superior colliculus

Known as: Colliculus, Superior, Tectums, Optic, Mammalian Optic Lobe 
The anterior pair of the quadrigeminal bodies which coordinate the general behavioral orienting responses to visual stimuli, such as whole-body… 
National Institutes of Health

Related topics

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35 relations
Area striata structureBlood supply aspectsCentral Lateral NucleusCentral Medial Thalamic Nucleus

Broader (2)

Midbrain structureTectal plate

Narrower (2)

Structure of superior brachium of corpora quadrigeminaSuperficial gray layer of superior colliculus

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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
RGM is a repulsive guidance molecule for retinal axons
Axons rely on guidance cues to reach remote targets during nervous system development. A well-studied model system for axon… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Neural control of vergence eye movements: neurons encoding vergence velocity.
Single-unit recordings were made from midbrain areas in monkeys trained to make both conjugate and disjunctive (vergence) eye… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Autoradiographic distribution of 125I-galanin binding sites in the rat central nervous system
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Spatial localization of saccade targets. I. Compensation for stimulation-induced perturbations in eye position.
1. Monkeys were trained to look to brief visual targets presented in a completely darkened room. On some trials, after the visual… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Prenatal development of the optic projection in albino and hooded rats.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Postnatal development of retinal projections in Syrian hamsters: A study using autoradiographic and anterograde degeneration techniques
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Composition of geniculostriate input ot superior colliculus of the rhesus monkey.
1. In order to examine the composition of the geniculostriate input to the superior colliculus, microelectrode recordings were… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Connections of the pretectum in the cat
  • N. Berman
  • The Journal of comparative neurology
  • 1977
  • Corpus ID: 37133045
The connections of the pretectal complex in the cat have been examined by anatomical methods which utilize the anterograde axonal… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Inhibitory processes underlying the directional specificity of simple, complex and hypercomplex cells in the cat's visual cortex
1. The iontophoretic application of bicuculline, an antagonist of GABA, the putative inhibitory transmitter in the visual cortex… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
FAST AND SLOW COMPONENTS IN AXONAL TRANSPORT OF PROTEIN
(a) After injection of labeled leucine into the eye of goldfish, radioactive protein rapidly accumulates in the contralateral… 
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