colliculus
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of colliculus
C19: New Latin
Example Sentences
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For example, the superior colliculus is relatively large in fish and birds whereas it is just a tiny pea tucked away in grey matter in humans.
From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024
Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have discovered that a brain area preserved through evolution, called the superior colliculus, is more crucial for vision than we thought.
From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024
Visual information travels from our retina to the visual cortex, but also partly to a structure called the superior colliculus.
From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024
Our measurements also showed that information about the visual task is present in the superior colliculus, and that this information is less present the moment a mouse makes a mistake.
From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024
In the bony fishes the optic tract reaches the grey matter of the optic lobe, a part of the mid-brain, to which the so-called anterior colliculus is equivalent in the mammalian brain.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
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