The superior colliculus is a midbrain region that is traditionally thought to help animals orient themselves toward important locations in space, like directing their eyes and head toward a bright ...

vLGN specifically inhibits neurons in the midbrain area superior colliculus that respond to visual threat. Thereby it can specifically block the pathway in the brain that mediates reactions to ...

The SC, lying on the roof of the mammalian midbrain (with a homologous structure ... motion signals in human and monkey superior colliculus: a subcortical-cortical pathway for biological motion ...

The midbrain (mesencephalon) consists of the tectum, tegmentum, substantia nigra, red nucleus, inferior and superior colliculi and the cerebral aqueduct. It is the part of the brain that regulates ...