 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
- 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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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Superior Colliculi" by people in Profiles.
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Essig J, Felsen G. Functional coupling between target selection and acquisition in the superior colliculus. J Neurophysiol. 2021 11 01; 126(5):1524-1535.
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Kragel PA, Ceko M, Theriault J, Chen D, Satpute AB, Wald LW, Lindquist MA, Feldman Barrett L, Wager TD. A human colliculus-pulvinar-amygdala pathway encodes negative emotion. Neuron. 2021 08 04; 109(15):2404-2412.e5.
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Essig J, Hunt JB, Felsen G. Inhibitory neurons in the superior colliculus mediate selection of spatially-directed movements. Commun Biol. 2021 06 11; 4(1):719.
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Doykos TK, Gilmer JI, Person AL, Felsen G. Monosynaptic inputs to specific cell types of the intermediate and deep layers of the superior colliculus. J Comp Neurol. 2020 09 01; 528(13):2254-2268.
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Lintz MJ, Essig J, Zylberberg J, Felsen G. Spatial representations in the superior colliculus are modulated by competition among targets. Neuroscience. 2019 06 01; 408:191-203.
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Liu Z, Thakar A, Santoro SW, Pratt KG. Presenilin Regulates Retinotectal Synapse Formation through EphB2 Receptor Processing. Dev Neurobiol. 2018 12; 78(12):1171-1190.
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Essig J, Felsen G. Warning! Dopaminergic Modulation of the Superior Colliculus. Trends Neurosci. 2016 Jan; 39(1):2-4.
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Wolf AB, Lintz MJ, Costabile JD, Thompson JA, Stubblefield EA, Felsen G. An integrative role for the superior colliculus in selecting targets for movements. J Neurophysiol. 2015 Oct; 114(4):2118-31.
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Stubblefield EA, Thompson JA, Felsen G. Optogenetic cholinergic modulation of the mouse superior colliculus in vivo. J Neurophysiol. 2015 Aug; 114(2):978-88.
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Stubblefield EA, Costabile JD, Felsen G. Optogenetic investigation of the role of the superior colliculus in orienting movements. Behav Brain Res. 2013 Oct 15; 255:55-63.
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