The superior colliculus controls the movement and orientation of the eye.

The inferior colliculus has a relatively high metabolism in the brain.

The colliculus as a whole is thought to help orient the head and eyes toward something seen and heard.

The superior colliculus is involved in preliminary visual processing and control of eye movements.

There are also very sparse innervations from the superior colliculus.

Recent evidence suggests that the superior colliculus also responds during smooth pursuit eye movement.

They are respectively named the inferior and superior colliculus.

This is possibly so with the superior colliculus.

Damage to a visual area in the brainstem, the superior colliculus, had the reverse effect.

The oculomotor nucleus originates at the level of the superior colliculus.

It receives in addition axons from the superior colliculus.

Other cell types project to the lateral lemniscus and the inferior colliculus directly.

Previous evidence has shown that the superior colliculus is associated with eye movements, or overt attention shifts.

They pass through the prostate, and open into the urethra at the Colliculus seminalis.

Ultimately, the researchers found that a part of the mid-brain, known as the inferior colliculus, showed the pattern they were looking for.

In the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus (Figs.

One is the superior colliculus, from the nigra lateralis.

Their brains are highly specialized for this process, and some of these specializations appear in the superior colliculus.

In the males, the sinus tubercle gives rise to the seminal colliculus.

The ventral-most pair appears closely tied to the function of the superior colliculus.

The superior colliculus is part of the midbrain.

This indicates that the inferior colliculus is metabolically more active than many other parts of the brain.

The inferior colliculus is involved in auditory processing.

La Berge provides a model that describes the complex interaction between the superior colliculus and other brain areas.

Broadly, a functional pattern can be discern which describes a number of layers within the superior colliculus.