The Distinct Role of the Amygdala, Superior Colliculus and Pulvinar in Processing of Central and Peripheral Snakes. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Visual processing of ecologically relevant stimuli involves a central bias for stimuli demanding detailed processing (e.g., faces), whereas peripheral object processing is based on coarse identification.
Inês Almeida +2 more
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Prenatal VPA exposure and changes in sensory processing by the superior colliculus [PDF]
Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 2011 Disorders involving dysfunctional sensory processing are characterized by an inability to filter sensory information, particularly simultaneously arriving multimodal inputs. We examined the effects of prenatal exposure to valproic acid (VPA), a teratogen
Georgia eDendrinos +2 more
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Involvement of the Superior Colliculus in SIDS Pathogenesis [PDF]
Biomedicines, 2023 The aim of this study was to investigate the involvement of the mesencephalic superior colliculus (SC) in the pathogenetic mechanism of SIDS, a syndrome frequently ascribed to arousal failure from sleep.
Anna M. Lavezzi +3 more
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Multisensory Information Facilitates Reaction Speed by Enlarging Activity Difference between Superior Colliculus Hemispheres in Rats [PDF]
, 2011 Animals can make faster behavioral responses to multisensory stimuli than to unisensory stimuli. The superior colliculus (SC), which receives multiple inputs from different sensory modalities, is considered to be involved in the initiation of motor ...
Junya Hirokawa +5 more
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Detecting biological motion signals in human and monkey superior colliculus: a subcortical-cortical pathway for biological motion perception [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsMost vertebrates, including humans, are highly adept at detecting and encoding biological motion, even when it is portrayed by just a few point lights attached to the head and major joints.
Xiqian Lu +7 more
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Preference-independent saliency map in the mouse superior colliculus [PDF]
Communications BiologyDetecting salient stimuli in a visual scene is crucial for animal survival, yet how the brain encodes visual saliency remains unclear. Here, using two-photon calcium imaging, we reveal a preference-independent saliency map in the superficial superior ...
Ruixiang Wu +6 more
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Rat superior colliculus encodes the transition between static and dynamic vision modes [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe visual continuity illusion involves a shift in visual perception from static to dynamic vision modes when the stimuli arrive at high temporal frequency, and is critical for recognizing objects moving in the environment.
Rita Gil, Mafalda Valente, Noam Shemesh
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Inhibitory effects of prepulse stimuli on the electrophysiological responses to startle stimuli in the deep layers of the superior colliculus [PDF]
Frontiers in NeuroscienceBackgroundPrepulse inhibition (PPI) is a phenomenon where a weak prepulse stimulus inhibits the startle reflex to a subsequent stronger stimulus, which can be induced by various sensory stimulus modalities such as visual, tactile, and auditory stimuli ...
Yu Ding +5 more
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Characterization of primary visual cortex input to specific cell types in the superior colliculus
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2023 The superior colliculus is a critical brain region involved in processing visual information. It receives visual input directly from the retina, as well as via a projection from primary visual cortex. Here we determine which cell types in the superficial
Shuang Jiang +3 more
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Immunohistochemical localization of serotonin in the superior colliculus of porcupine (Hystrix cristata) [PDF]
QScience Connect, 2012 The distribution and localization of serotonin immunoreactive cells in the superior colliculus of the porcupine (Hystrix cristata) was studied using the peroxidase-antiperoxidase method and an antiserum against serotonin.
S. Timurkaan +3 more
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