"Superior Colliculi" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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
- Tectum, Optic
- Optic Tectum
- Optic Tectums
- Tectums, Optic
- Superior Colliculus
- Anterior Colliculus
- Colliculus, Anterior
- Optic Lobe, Mammalian
- Mammalian Optic Lobe
- Mammalian Optic Lobes
- Optic Lobes, Mammalian
Optic Lobe, Human- Optic Lobe, Human
- Human Optic Lobe
- Human Optic Lobes
- Optic Lobes, Human
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1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Superior Colliculi" by people in Profiles.
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Retinal origin of direction selectivity in the superior colliculus. Nat Neurosci. 2017 Apr; 20(4):550-558.
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Dendritic and axonal targeting patterns of a genetically-specified class of retinal ganglion cells that participate in image-forming circuits. Neural Dev. 2014 Feb 05; 9:2.
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Topography and physiology of ascending streams in the auditory tectothalamic pathway. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jan 05; 107(1):372-7.
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Genetic identification of an On-Off direction-selective retinal ganglion cell subtype reveals a layer-specific subcortical map of posterior motion. Neuron. 2009 May 14; 62(3):327-34.
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Proteomic analyses of zebra finch optic tectum and comparative histochemistry. J Proteome Res. 2007 Jun; 6(6):2341-50.
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Nucleus prepositus. Prog Brain Res. 2006; 151:205-30.
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Morphology of physiologically identified retinal X and Y axons in the cat's thalamus and midbrain as revealed by intraaxonal injection of biocytin. J Comp Neurol. 1995 Apr 17; 354(4):583-607.
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Differential expression of somatostatin receptor subtypes in brain. J Neurosci. 1992 Oct; 12(10):3920-34.
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The evolution of neural circuits controlling feeding behavior in frogs. Brain Behav Evol. 1992; 40(2-3):125-40.
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Selective association of dopamine axons with their striatal target cells in vitro. Brain Res Dev Brain Res. 1989 May 01; 47(1):93-100.