SUPERIOR COLLICULUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does superior colliculus mean? 

• SUPERIOR COLLICULUS (noun)
  The noun SUPERIOR COLLICULUS has 1 sense:

1. an essential visual center between the retina and the striate cortex

  Familiarity information: SUPERIOR COLLICULUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERIOR COLLICULUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An essential visual center between the retina and the striate cortex

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("superior colliculus" is a kind of...):

center; centre; nerve center; nerve centre (a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process)

Holonyms ("superior colliculus" is a part of...):

mesencephalon; midbrain (the middle portion of the brain)

 Context examples 

Instead, other parts of the brain process the changing color, and transmit that information to the superior colliculus in order for a decision to be made.

(Researchers discover neural code that predicts behavior, National Institutes of Health)

One of the four areas of the lateral nucleus within the thalamus that receives inputs from the superior colliculus.

(Lateral Posterior Nucleus of the Thalamus, NCI Thesaurus)

The two pairs of colliculi located on the dorsal surface of the midbrain known as the inferior and superior colliculus.

(Corpora Quadrigemina, NCI Thesaurus)

A small conical midline body attached to the posterior part of the third ventricle and lying between the superior colliculi, below the splenium of the corpus callosum.

(Murine Pineal Gland, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The pineal gland is a small reddish-gray body, about 8 mm. in length which lies in the depression between the superior colliculi.

(Pineal Parenchyma, NCI Thesaurus)

The largest projection is to the lateral geniculate nuclei; other important targets include the superior colliculi and the suprachiasmatic nuclei.

(Murine Optic Nerve, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

During the task, the researchers recorded signals from the superior colliculi on both the right and left sides of the monkey’s brain at the same time.

(Researchers discover neural code that predicts behavior, National Institutes of Health)

One reason for using the color change stimulus was that the superior colliculus doesn’t itself process this information.

(Researchers discover neural code that predicts behavior, National Institutes of Health)

By comparing brain activity recorded from the right and left superior colliculi at the same time, the researchers were able to predict whether an animal was seeing an event.

(Researchers discover neural code that predicts behavior, National Institutes of Health)

This new study shows that this process – deciding that an object is present or that an event has occurred in the visual field – is handled by the superior colliculus.

(Researchers discover neural code that predicts behavior, National Institutes of Health)