Tectal

Word TECTAL
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The word "tectal" in example sentences

The superficial layers receive input mainly from the retina, vision-related areas of the cerebral cortex, and two tectal-related structures called the frontal eye fields. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Thus, the tectum-Ipc-Imc circuit causes tectal activity to produce recurrent feedback that involves tightly focused excitation of a small column of neighboring tectal neurons, together with global inhibition of distant tectal neurons. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The parabigeminal nucleus plays a very important role in tectal function that will be described below. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The optic tectum is closely associated with an adjoining structure called nucleus isthmii, which has drawn great interest recently because of new evidence that it makes a very important contribution to tectal function. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The general function of the tectal system is to direct behavioral responses toward specific points in egocentric ( "body-centered") space. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Visual input from the retina, or "command" input from the cerebral cortex, create a "bump" of activity in the tectal map, which if strong enough induces a saccadic eye movement. ❋ Unknown (2009)

These observations prompted us to replace the eye field with EFTF-expressing pluripotent cells to ask if the induced retinal cells could generate a normal eye and if induced retinal ganglion cells would extend axons to and synapse with their normal tectal targets. ❋ Andrea S. Viczian Et Al. (2009)

In mammals this structure is more commonly called the Latin, higher hill), but even in mammals, the adjective tectal is commonly used. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We observed YFP-labeled processes exiting the induced eye at the optic nerve head that followed the expected trajectory of RGC axons to their tectal targets ( ❋ Andrea S. Viczian Et Al. (2009)

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