The superior colliculus (SC) has a topographic map of visual space, but the spatial nature of its output command for orienting gaze shifts remains unclear. Here we show that the SC codes neither ...

The superior colliculus is a midbrain region that is traditionally thought to help animals orient themselves toward important locations in space, like directing their eyes and head toward a bright ...

The superior colliculus contains a map of the visual field on its surface, Ito said. The new discovery indicates that it contains a map of the tongue's surface, too. "It's not intuitive," Goldberg ...

It includes different brainstem nuclei, the superior colliculus of the midbrain, and various regions throughout the cerebral cortex.