PROJECTION OF THE RETINA ON SUPERIOR COLLICULUS OF CATS

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ArticlesPROJECTION OF THE RETINA ON SUPERIOR COLLICULUS OF CATSJulia T. ApterJulia T. ApterPublished Online:01 Mar 1945https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.1945.8.2.123MoreSectionsPDF (2 MB)Download PDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesGet permissionsTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInWeChat Previous Back to Top Download PDF FiguresReferencesRelatedInformation Cited ByActivity-dependent Organization of Topographic Neural CircuitsNeuroscience, Vol. 490Throwing open the doors of perception: The role of dopamine in visual processing9 August 2021 | European Journal of Neuroscience, Vol. 54, No. 6Unraveling circuits of visual perception and cognition through the superior colliculusNeuron, Vol. 109, No. 6Monosynaptic inputs to specific cell types of the intermediate and deep layers of the superior colliculus29 February 2020 | Journal of Comparative Neurology, Vol. 528, No. 13Circuits for Action and Cognition: A View from the Superior ColliculusAnnual Review of Vision Science, Vol. 3, No. 1Using perturbations to identify the brain circuits underlying active vision19 September 2015 | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Vol. 370, No. 1677Tectal microcircuit generating visual selection commands on gaze-controlling neurons30 March 2015 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 112, No. 15Selective projection patterns from subtypes of retinal ganglion cells to tectum and pretectum: Distribution and relation to behaviorThe Journal of Comparative Neurology, Vol. 517, No. 3Saccade Target Selection in the Superior Colliculus: A Signal Detection Theory Approach19 March 2008 | The Journal of Neuroscience, Vol. 28, No. 12From theory to data: Representing neurons in the 1940sBiology & Philosophy, Vol. 18, No. 3The superior colliculus encodes gaze commands in retinal coordinatesNature Neuroscience, Vol. 4, No. 6Composition and Topographic Organization of Signals Sent From the Frontal Eye Field to the Superior ColliculusMarc A. 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