Influence of the intertectal connection upon visual responses in the cat's superior colliculus

• Authors: Wioletta J. Waleszczyk , Krystyna Dec , Armenui A. Hekimian
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Visual responses of single units in the superficial layers of the superior colliculus were examined in <cats> with pretrigeminal brainstem transections and lesions in the contralateral superior colliculus. The percentage of direction selective cells was decreased in lesioned as compared to non-lesioned cats. This effect may be a result of the elimination of suppression from the contralateral superior colliculus as well as disturbance of the projections from other structures of the contralateral hemisphere.

Keywords

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INTERTECTAL INHIBITION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS

Discipline

• EXPERIMENTAL_BIOLOGY_&_MEDICINE: EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY & MEDICINE

• Publisher: Marceli Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis
• Year: 1993
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 409-414

Contributors

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Wioletta J. Waleszczyk

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Krystyna Dec

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Armenui A. Hekimian

• Document Type: article