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SUBMITTER: Kardamakis AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5026466 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kardamakis Andreas A AA Pérez-Fernández Juan J Grillner Sten S
eLife 20160916
Animals integrate the different senses to facilitate event-detection for navigation in their environment. In vertebrates, the optic tectum (superior colliculus) commands gaze shifts by synaptic integration of different sensory modalities. Recent works suggest that tectum can elaborate gaze reorientation commands on its own, rather than merely acting as a relay from upstream/forebrain circuits to downstream premotor centers. We show that tectal circuits can perform multisensory computations indep ...[more]