Functional topography of converging visual and auditory inputs to neurons in the rat superior colliculus.

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We have used a slice preparation of the infant rat midbrain to examine converging inputs onto neurons in the deeper multisensory layers of the superior colliculus (dSC). Electrical stimulation of the superficial visual layers (sSC) and of the auditory nucleus of the brachium of the inferior colliculus (nBIC) evoked robust monosynaptic responses in dSC cells. Furthermore, the inputs from the sSC were found to be topographically organized as early as the second postnatal week and thus before op...

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Authors: Skaliora, I; Doubell, T; Holmes, N; Nodal, F; King, A

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of neurophysiology
• Volume: 92
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 2933-2946
• Publication date: 2004-11-01
• DOI: 10.1152/jn.00450.2004
• EISSN: 1522-1598
• ISSN: 0022-3077
• Language: English
• Keywords: Visual Perception; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Photic Stimulation; Auditory Perception; Neurons; Superior Colliculi; Rats; Brain Mapping; Receptors, GABA-A; Synapses; Acoustic Stimulation; Animals; Neuronal Plasticity; Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials