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colliculus

British  
/ kɒˈlɪkjʊləs /

noun

  1. anatomy a small elevation, as on the surface of the optic lobe of the brain

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Etymology

Origin of colliculus

C19: New Latin

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To find out exactly what the superior colliculus does, Leonie Cazemier and her colleagues from Alexander Heimel's and Pieter Roelfsema's groups studied mice and their ability to distinguish objects from the background.

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024

In this study, we switched off the superior colliculus using optogenetics to see what effect that would have.

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024

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

Our research shows that the superior colliculus might be responsible for this and may therefore be doing more than we thought.'

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