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ANNUAL REVIEW OF VISION SCIENCE, VOL 4
Volume 4, Issue -, Pages 239-262Publisher
ANNUAL REVIEWS
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-vision-091517-034142
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receptive fields; direction selectivity; orientation selectivity; retinotopic maps; map alignment; cell type
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- NEI NIH HHS [R21 EY023060, R01 EY026286, R01 EY018621, R01 EY020950] Funding Source: Medline
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The superior colliculus (SC) is the most prominent visual center in mice. Studies over the past decade have greatly advanced our understanding of the function, organization, and development of the mouse SC, which has rapidly become a popular model in vision research. These studies have described the diverse and cell-type-specific visual response properties in the mouse SC, revealed their laminar and topographic organizations, and linked the mouse SC and downstream pathways with visually guided behaviors. Here, we summarize these findings, compare them with the rich literature of SC studies in other species, and highlight important gaps and exciting future directions. Given its clear importance in mouse vision and the available modern neuroscience tools, the mouse SC holds great promise for understanding the cellular, circuit, and developmental mechanisms that underlie visual processing, sensorimotor transformation, and, ultimately, behavior.
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