These differ slightly among different snakes but are always a small dip ... a part of the brain called the optic tectum. “There, the two maps of space – visual and infrared – merge into ...

Visually driven activity has not been observed in the ICX, however, perhaps because the signal from the optic tectum is gated in some way (by attention, for example). Six barn owls (Tyto alba ...

A group in Japan has genetically modified this fish to express fluorescent molecules only in its optic tectum, the visual integration center of the fish brain. When neurons in the tectum fire off ...

In most vertebrates, a brain region called the optic tectum processes visual information, explains Prof. Economo. However, "it is unclear how it should change to maximize effectiveness of low ...

Waseda University researchers recently elucidated the regenerative processes by neural stem cells using a stab injury model in the optic tectum, a less studied area of the brain, of adult zebrafish.

Research on zebrafish optic tectum neurons identified over 60 transcriptomic types with similar gene-expression profiles but differing functions and morphologies, influenced by spatial positioning.