ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2017
Fast Detector/First Responder: Interactions between the Superior Colliculus-Pulvinar Pathway and Stimuli Relevant to Primates.
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- A conserved pulvinar projection to the amygdala revealed in macaque monkeys (Macaca mulatta).Brain structure & function · 2026Article
- The role of transthalamic pathways in perception.Communications biology · 2026Review
- Widespread Corticothalamic Connectivity Identifies the Inferior Pulvinar as a Central Node in Visual Network Architecture.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Processing of natural scenes in the human pulvinar.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Foveal neurons of the monkey superior colliculus signal trans-saccadic prediction errors.PLoS biology · 2025Article
- Multisensory integration, brain plasticity and optogenetics in visual rehabilitation.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Review
- Altered GABAergic signaling and chloride homeostasis in eye movement circuits during late neurodevelopment: implications for Alzheimer's disease therapy.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- Track-Weighted Dynamic Functional Connectivity Profiles and Topographic Organization of the Human Pulvinar.Human brain mapping · 2024Article
- Racial Discrimination, Neural Connectivity, and Epigenetic Aging Among Black Women.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Implicit Selective Attention: The Role of the Mesencephalic-basal Ganglia System.Current neuropharmacology · 2024Review
- Differential effects of threat types on attentional processes: a comparison of snakes and blood-injury-injection stimuli.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Visual Neurophysiological Biomarkers for Patient Stratification and Treatment Development Across Neuropsychiatric Disorders.Advances in neurobiology · 2024Review
- Neuronal mechanism of innate rapid processing of threating animacy cue in primates: insights from the neuronal responses to snake images.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Review
- Express detection of visual objects by primate superior colliculus neurons.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- The Superior Colliculus: Cell Types, Connectivity, and Behavior.Neuroscience bulletin · 2022Review
- The effects of task-irrelevant threatening stimuli on orienting- and executive attentional processes under cognitive load.British journal of psychology (London, England : 1953) · 2022Article
- The "Primitive Brain Dysfunction" Theory of Autism: The Superior Colliculus Role.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2022Article
- The Ecological View of Selective Attention.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2022Article
- Fast Detection of Snakes and Emotional Faces in the Macaque Amygdala.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2022Article
- Response Selectivity of the Lateral Posterior Nucleus Axons Projecting to the Mouse Primary Visual Cortex.Frontiers in neural circuits · 2022Article
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5 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
Primates are distinguished from other mammals by their heavy reliance on the visual sense, which occurred as a result of natural selection continually favoring those individuals whose visual systems were more responsive to challenges in the natural world. Here we describe two independent but also interrelated visual systems, one cortical and the other subcortical, both of which have been modified and expanded in primates for different functions. Available evidence suggests that while the cortical visual system mainly functions to give primates the ability to assess and adjust to fluid social and ecological environments, the subcortical visual system appears to function as a rapid detector and first responder when time is of the essence, i.e., when survival requires very quick action. We focus here on the subcortical visual system with a review of behavioral and neurophysiological evidence that demonstrates its sensitivity to particular, often emotionally charged, ecological and social stimuli, i.e., snakes and fearful and aggressive facial expressions in conspecifics. We also review the literature on subcortical involvement during another, less emotional, situation that requires rapid detection and response-visually guided reaching and grasping during locomotion-to further emphasize our argument that the subcortical visual system evolved as a rapid detector/first responder, a function that remains in place today. Finally, we argue that investigating deficits in this subcortical system may provide greater understanding of Parkinson's disease and Autism Spectrum disorders (ASD).
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