ReviewAnnual review of neuroscience2011
Motor functions of the superior colliculus.
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252 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- A randomized controlled trial of Deep Brain Reorienting: a neuroscientifically guided treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2023Trial
- Modality-specific reactive and predictive responses in the human superior colliculus.Nature neuroscience · 2026Article
- Spatial attention in the moving brain: Dissociable roles of neural alpha oscillations and head rotation.iScience · 2026Article
- Investigating the mechanisms underlying saccade generation in the frontal eye fields using multisite microstimulation.Journal of neurophysiology · 2026Article
- Distinct neural geometries for target position and velocity in the primate superior colliculus.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Trial-by-trial covariation of pupil dilation, microsaccades, and visual evoked potentials during saliency processing.iScience · 2026Article
- Brain-wide arousal signals are segregated from movement planning in the superior colliculus of the macaque.eLife · 2026Article
- Visual field position shapes input sampling and output routing in the superior colliculus.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Visual activity in primate superior colliculus requires geniculostriate input.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Evolutionarily old brainstem neurons are required for the control of selective spatial attention.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Drifting population dynamics with transient resets characterize sensorimotor transformation in the monkey superior colliculus.Communications biology · 2026Article
- Much higher covariation with foveation timing by superior colliculus than primary visual cortical neuronal activity.iScience · 2026Article
- Correlates of head-fixed directional forelimb movements in mouse superior colliculus and substantia nigra pars reticulata.Neuroscience · 2026Article
- Retrograde optogenetics reveals sensorimotor convergence within a corticotectal pathway of non-human primates.Current biology : CB · 2026Article
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- A predictive processing framework for body-oriented trauma intervention: a hypothesis illustrated by Body Connect Therapy.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Spatial evolution in temporal dynamics of hemodynamic response function in human superior colliculi with ultra-high-resolution MRI at 9.4T.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
- Postnatal expression of the transcription factor Ebf2 in motivation, reward, and pain-related circuits of the mouse brain.Frontiers in neuroanatomy · 2026Article
- Behavioral techniques for controlling visual stimuli to modulate visual processing in the brain and their implementation in augmented reality technology.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Review
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Abstract
The mammalian superior colliculus (SC) and its nonmammalian homolog, the optic tectum, constitute a major node in processing sensory information, incorporating cognitive factors, and issuing motor commands. The resulting action-to orient toward or away from a stimulus-can be accomplished as an integrated movement across oculomotor, cephalomotor, and skeletomotor effectors. The SC also participates in preserving fixation during intersaccadic intervals. This review highlights the repertoire of movements attributed to SC function and analyzes the significance of results obtained from causality-based experiments (microstimulation and inactivation). The mechanisms potentially used to decode the population activity in the SC into an appropriate movement command are also discussed.
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