superior colliculus

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superior colliculus - an essential visual center between the retina and the striate cortex

nerve center, nerve centre, center, centre - a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"

mesencephalon, midbrain - the middle portion of the brain

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center centre mesencephalon midbrain nerve center nerve centre			The researchers have recently discovered that activation of a primitive brain region, the deep layers of superior colliculus (DLSC), elicits defensive behaviours such as an exaggerated startle, hypervigilance, cowering, and escape. Brain structures behind emotional balance in threatening situations ... by Asian News International c) Your eye movements and other bodily movements are activated and managed by your cerebellum (< L little brain) and the Superior Colliculus. Got Haptic Sense? by H. Bernard Wechsler / Advertising, marketing, public relations community Led by Matteo Caleo of Italy's National Research Institute (CNR) in Pisa, the researchers injected a botulinum toxin into each rodent's superior colliculus, a part of the brain that deals with input from the eye. Traveling toxin: Botox may hitch a ride on nerve cells by Ehrenberg, Rachel / Science News			superimposed Superimpregnation Superincumbence superincumbent superinduce Superinducement Superinduction superinfect superinfection superinfeudation Superinfuse Superinjection Superinspect Superinstitution Superintellectual superintend superintendence superintendency superintendent Superintender Superinvestiture Superior superior alveolar artery superior cerebellar artery superior cerebral vein superior colliculus superior conjunction superior court superior epigastric veins Superior figure superior general superior labial artery superior labial vein superior mesenteric artery superior ophthalmic vein superior planet superior pulmonary vein superior rectus superior rectus muscle superior skill superior thalamostriate vein superior thyroid vein superior vena cava superior vocal cord Superioress superiority superiority complex Superiorly superjacent superjet superkingdom			Superior Canal Dehiscence Syndrome Superior carotid triangle Superior cemellus Superior cemellus muscle Superior cerebellar superior cerebellar artery superior cerebellar artery superior cerebellar peduncle superior cerebellar peduncle superior cerebellar peduncle Superior cerebellar peduncles superior cerebral vein superior cerebral vein Superior cerebral veins Superior cerebral veins superior cervical cardiac nerve Superior cervical ganglia Superior cervical ganglion Superior cervical ganglion Superior Cervical Ganglion Neuron Superior Cervical Ganglion of the Rat Superior cervical sympathetic ganglion superior choroid vein Superior circumference Superior Classics Car Club superior cluneal nerve Superior Collegiate and Vocational Institute Superior collici Superior colliculi Superior colliculi superior colliculus superior conjunction superior conjunction superior conjunctions superior conjunctions superior conjunctival fornix superior constrictor muscle of pharynx Superior Contribution Increase Superior costotransverse ligament superior court superior court superior court Superior Court Judges' Association Superior Court Law Library Superior Court of the District of Columbia superior courts superior courts Superior Decontamination System Superior Defender Superior Defender Gundam Superior Deicers Inc. superior dental plexus Superior Energy Performance Superior Energy Services, Inc. superior epigastric vein superior epigastric veins Superior Evolutionary Element Destined-Factor Superior Fashion School of Montreal Superior figure Superior First Aid

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