Journal article
The tectum/superior colliculus as the vertebrate solution for spatial sensory integration and action
T Isa, E Marquez-Legorreta, S Grillner, EK Scott
Current Biology | CELL PRESS | Published : 2021
Abstract
The superior colliculus, or tectum in the case of non-mammalian vertebrates, is a part of the brain that registers events in the surrounding space, often through vision and hearing, but also through electrosensation, infrared detection, and other sensory modalities in diverse vertebrate lineages. This information is used to form maps of the surrounding space and the positions of different salient stimuli in relation to the individual. The sensory maps are arranged in layers with visual input in the uppermost layer, other senses in deeper positions, and a spatially aligned motor map in the deepest layer. Here, we will review the organization and intrinsic function of the tectum/superior colli..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The helpful comments of Ziad Hafed, Abdel El Manira and Andreas Kardamakis are gratefully acknowledged. We also thank Masatoshi Yoshida, the staff, and the students of Isa lab for helping in the literature search. This study was supported by Brain/MINDS grant from AMED/Japan (Nos. 18dm0207020h0005 and 19dm0207093h0001) to T.I. and Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research by MEXT/Japan (Nos. 22220006, 26112001) to T.I. The support of the Swedish Medical Research Council (VR-M-K2013-62X-03026, VRM-2015-02816, VR-M-2018-02453 and VR-M-2019-01854), EU/FP7 Moving Beyond grant ITN-No-316639, European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement no.604102 (HBP), EU/Horizon 2020 no.720270 (HBP SGA1), no. 785907 (HBP SGA2) and no. 945539 (HBP SGA3), and the Karolinska Institutet is gratefully acknowledged. E.K.S. is supported by an NHMRC Project Grant (APP1066887), a Simons Foundation Research Award (625793), and two ARC Discovery Project Grants (DP140102036 & DP110103612). The research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01NS118406 to E.K.S. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. E.M.-L. gratefully acknowledges funding for postgraduate studies provided by the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT) and The University of Queensland.