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Nucleus of optic tract

Known as: Large-celled nucleus of optic tract, Nucleus magnocellularis tractus optici, Nucleus tractus optici 
National Institutes of Health

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Pretectal region

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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Functions of the nucleus of the optic tract (NOT).
Abstract. Ocular pursuit in monkeys, elicited by sinusoidal and triangular (constant velocity) stimuli, was studied before and… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
The Nucleus of the Optic Tract a : Its Function in Gaze Stabilization and Control of Visual‐Vestibular Interaction
1. Electrical stimulation of the nucleus of the optic tract (NOT) induced nystagmus and after-nystagmus with ipsilateral slow… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Callosal and superior temporal sulcus contributions to receptive field properties in the macaque monkey's nucleus of the optic tract and dorsal terminal nucleus of the accessory optic tract
To assess the functional contribution of the cortical input to the receptive field properties of nucleus of the optic tract (NOT… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Discharge patterns of neurons in the pretectal nucleus of the optic tract (NOT) in the behaving primate.
1. To determine the possible role of the primate pretectal nucleus of the optic tract (NOT) in the generation of optokinetic and… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Quantitative analysis of visual receptive fields of neurons in nucleus of the optic tract and dorsal terminal nucleus of the accessory optic tract in macaque monkey.
1. The visual receptive field properties of neurons in the nucleus of the optic tract (NOT) in the pretectum and the dorsal… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Combined GABA-immunocytochemistry and TMB-HRP histochemistry of pretectal nuclei projecting to the inferior olive in rats, cats and monkeys
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
The efferent connections of the nucleus of the optic tract and the superior colliculus in the rabbit
3H‐leucine injections were made in tectal and pretectal areas in the rabbit. After injections in the nucleus of the optic tract… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Direction-selective units in the rabbit's nucleus of the optic tract
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Corticofugal projections from the visual cortices to the thalamus, pretectum and superior colliculus in the cat
Small lesions were placed in visual cortical areas 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 7, and Clare‐Bishop in the cat, and the sites of terminal… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Pretectal region and the pupillary light reflex. An anatomical analysis in the monkey
The effects of discrete lesions in the pretectal region of the monkey upon the pupillary light reflex were studied, using… 
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