a small elevation, as on the surface of the optic lobe of the brain
Word origin
C19: New Latin
Examples of 'colliculus' in a sentence
colliculus
The positive areas were the telencephalon, thalamus, hippocampus, cerebellum, caudal and rostral colliculus.
Weline Lopes Macau, Joicy Cortez de Sá, Ana Patrícia de Carvalho da Silva, AlessandraLima Rocha, Renata Mondêgo-Oliveira, Fábio Henrique Evangelista de Andrade, CarolineMagalhães Cunha, Kátia da Silva Calabrese, Ana Lucia Abreu-Silva 2017, 'Main lesions in the central nervous system of dogs due to Leishmania infantum infection',BMC Veterinary Researchhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12917-017-1174-5. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In the superior colliculus specimens, we also analyzed the adjacent periaqueductal gray.
Sara M. Freeman, Michelle C. Palumbo, Rebecca H. Lawrence, Aaron L. Smith, Mark M.Goodman, Karen L. Bales 2018, 'Effect of age and autism spectrum disorder on oxytocin receptor density in the humanbasal forebrain and midbrain', Translational Psychiatryhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41398-018-0315-3. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Individual axonal boutons were charted in the different layers of the superior colliculus.
Michela Fregosi, Michela Fregosi, Michela Fregosi, Michela Fregosi, Alessandro Contestabile,Alessandro Contestabile, Alessandro Contestabile, Alessandro Contestabile, Simon Badoud,Simon Badoud, Simon Badoud, Simon Badoud, Simon Borgognon, Simon Borgognon, SimonBorgognon, Simon Borgognon, Jérôme Cottet, Jérôme Cottet, Jérôme Cottet, Jérôme Cottet,Jean-François Brunet, Jocelyne Bloch, Martin E. Schwab, Eric M. Rouiller 2019, 'Corticotectal Projections From the Premotor or Primary Motor Cortex After CorticalLesion or Parkinsonian Symptoms in Adult Macaque Monkeys: A Pilot Tracing Study',Frontiers in Neuroanatomyhttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnana.2019.00050/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Tonotopic maps in inferior colliculus (central nucleus) were defined based on single neuron characteristic frequency.
Lisa M. D'Alessandro, Robert V. Harrison 2016, 'Midbrain Frequency Representation following Moderately Intense Neonatal Sound Exposurein a Precocious Animal Model (Chinchilla laniger)', Neural Plasticityhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3734646. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Furthermore, we found evidence of inferior colliculus involvement.
David S Wack, Paul Polak, Jon Furuyama, Robert F Burkard 2014, 'Masking level differences--a diffusion tensor imaging and functional MRI study.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3928251?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Overall, the colliculus was most highly infected although there was a large amount of variability.
Jitender P Dubey, Leandra R Ferreira, Mohammad Alsaad, Shiv K Verma, Derron A Alves,Gary N Holland, Glenn A McConkey 2016, 'Experimental Toxoplasmosis in Rats Induced Orally with Eleven Strains of Toxoplasmagondii of Seven Genotypes: Tissue Tropism, Tissue Cyst Size, Neural Lesions, TissueCyst Rupture without Reactivation, and Ocular Lesions.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4882154?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These spatiotemporal perturbations were induced by a brief microstimulation in the deep superior colliculus.
Laurent Goffart, Jerome Fleuriet 2012, 'Hic-Et-Nunc (Here-and-Now) Encoding of a Moving Target for its Saccadic Foveation',i-Perceptionhttps://doi.org/10.1068/if741. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Importantly, the superior colliculus showed significantly biased and explicit central responses to snake-related stimuli.
Inês Almeida, Sandra C Soares, Miguel Castelo-Branco 2015, 'The Distinct Role of the Amygdala, Superior Colliculus and Pulvinar in Processingof Central and Peripheral Snakes.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4467980?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Some axons regenerated to the lateral geniculate nucleus and superior colliculus.
Louise A. Mesentier-Louro, Leandro C. Teixeira-Pinheiro, Fernanda Gubert, JulianaF. Vasques, Almir J. Silva-Junior, Luiza Chimeli-Ormonde, Gabriel Nascimento-dos-Santos,Rosalia Mendez-Otero, Marcelo F. Santiago 2019, 'Long-term neuronal survival, regeneration, and transient target reconnection afteroptic nerve crush and mesenchymal stem cell transplantation', Stem Cell Research & Therapyhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13287-019-1226-9. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The majority of inferior colliculus neurons exhibited slight changes in response to stimulation and bicuculline.
Xiao-ting Li, Ning-yu Wang, Yan-jun Wang, Zhi-qing Xu, Jin-feng Liu, Yun-fei Bai,Jin-sheng Dai, Jing-yi Zhao 2016, 'Responses from two firing patterns in inferior colliculus neurons to stimulation ofthe lateral lemniscus dorsal nucleus', Neural Regeneration Researchhttp://www.nrronline.org/article.asp?issn=1673-5374;year=2016;volume=11;issue=5;spage=787;epage=794;aulast=Li. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)