"Superior Colliculi" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The anterior pair of the quadrigeminal bodies which coordinate the general behavioral orienting responses to visual stimuli, such as whole-body turning, and reaching.
| Descriptor ID |
D013477
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.132.659.800.816
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| Concept/Terms |
Superior Colliculi- Superior Colliculi
- Colliculi, Superior
- Colliculus, Superior
- Tectum, Optic
- Optic Tectum
- Optic Tectums
- Tectums, Optic
- Superior Colliculus
- Anterior Colliculus
- Colliculus, Anterior
- Optic Lobe, Mammalian
- Mammalian Optic Lobe
- Mammalian Optic Lobes
- Optic Lobes, Mammalian
Optic Lobe, Human- Optic Lobe, Human
- Human Optic Lobe
- Human Optic Lobes
- Optic Lobes, Human
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| 1992 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Superior Colliculi" by people in Profiles.
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Farach AM, Galileo DS. O-GlcNAc modification of radial glial vimentin filaments in the developing chick brain. Brain Cell Biol. 2008 Dec; 36(5-6):191-202.
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Stettler EM, Galileo DS. Radial glia produce and align the ligand fibronectin during neuronal migration in the developing chick brain. J Comp Neurol. 2004 Jan 12; 468(3):441-51.
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Galileo DS. Spatiotemporal gradient of oligodendrocyte differentiation in chick optic tectum requires brain integrity and cell-cell interactions. Glia. 2003 Jan; 41(1):25-37.
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Morgan JC, Majors JE, Galileo DS. Wild-type and mutant forms of v-src differentially alter neuronal migration and differentiation in vivo. J Neurosci Res. 2000 Jan 15; 59(2):226-37.
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Zhang Z, Galileo DS. Retroviral transfer of antisense integrin alpha6 or alpha8 sequences results in laminar redistribution or clonal cell death in developing brain. J Neurosci. 1998 Sep 1; 18(17):6928-38.
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Zhang Z, Galileo DS. Widespread programmed cell death in early developing chick optic tectum. Neuroreport. 1998 Aug 24; 9(12):2797-801.
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Galileo DS, Majors J, Horwitz AF, Sanes JR. Retrovirally introduced antisense integrin RNA inhibits neuroblast migration in vivo. Neuron. 1992 Dec; 9(6):1117-31.
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Galileo DS, Linser PJ. Immunomagnetic removal of neurons from developing chick optic tectum results in glial phenotypic instability. Glia. 1992; 5(3):210-22.
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Galileo DS, Gee AP, Linser PJ. Neurons are replenished in cultures of embryonic chick optic tectum after immunomagnetic depletion. Dev Biol. 1991 Aug; 146(2):278-91.
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Galileo DS, Gray GE, Owens GC, Majors J, Sanes JR. Neurons and glia arise from a common progenitor in chicken optic tectum: demonstration with two retroviruses and cell type-specific antibodies. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1990 Jan; 87(1):458-62.