Old area in the brain turns out to be more important for vision than expected
The superior colliculus may therefore play a less important role in humans. It is known that the moment someone starts waving ...
A flicker of truth: Piercing the 'continuity illusion'
A study by a team at the Champalimaud Foundation (CF) has cast a new light on the superior colliculus (SC), a deep-seated ...
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Mice use their tongues to 'see' tactile targets: Neural pathway discovery could help treat neurological disorders
The superior colliculus contains a map of the visual field on its surface, Ito said. The new discovery indicates that it contains a map of the tongue's surface, too. "It's not intuitive," Goldberg ...
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The Ephs and Ephrins Hardwire the Nervous System
The process of RGC pathfinding toward the superior colliculus is extremely well orchestrated, with RGC axons originating from specific fields within the retina terminating in specific zones within ...
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It consists of the eye, retina, fibres that conduct visual information to the thalamus, the superior colliculus and parts of the cerebral cortex.