colliculus
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of colliculus
C19: New Latin
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They show that structures analogous to the superior colliculus -- found in fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals -- share a common purpose: merging sensory and motor information to guide gaze and attention.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2025
The research team is now extending their work to live animal models to study how the superior colliculus shapes attention and controls distraction during goal-directed behavior.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2025
The mouse is an interesting model because, like in humans, its brain has two parallel pathways: both the visual cortex and the superior colliculus.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024
The superior colliculus may therefore play a less important role in humans.
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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