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Tectospinal Tract

The tectospinal tract is a descending motor pathway that originates in the superior colliculus of the midbrain and mediates reflexive head and neck movements in response to visual and auditory stimuli, thereby coordinating orienting responses toward salient sensory events.

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Tectospinal Pathway

Parents

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140

The role of the superior colliculus in visually guided behavior

James M. Sprague, Thomas H. Meikle · Experimental Neurology · 1965 · 714 citations

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Pyramidal tract activity associated with a conditioned hand movement in the monkey.

Edward V. Evarts · Journal of Neurophysiology · 1966 · 582 citations

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Descending pathways from the superior colliculus: An autoradiographic analysis in the rhesus monkey (<i>Macaca mulatta</i>)

John K. Harting · The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 1977 · 468 citations

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Axonal patterns and sites of termination of cat superior colliculus neurons projecting in the tecto-bulbo-spinal tract

A. Grantyn, Rosemarie Grantyn · Experimental Brain Research · 1982 · 426 citations

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Complementary localization and lateralization of orienting and motor attention

Matthew F. S. Rushworth, Amanda Ellison, Vincent Walsh · Nature Neuroscience · 2001 · 415 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. JK
    John K. Harting

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    6 publications · 836 citations

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  2. YS
    Yoshikazu Shinoda

    Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan

    4 publications · 138 citations

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  3. RW
    Robert W. Rhoades

    University of Toledo Medical Center, United States

    4 publications · 140 citations

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  4. JM
    James M. Sprague

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    4 publications · 924 citations

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  5. AG
    A. Grantyn

    Collège de France, France

    4 publications · 1.1K citations

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Institutions

133

  1. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

    Tokyo, Japan

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    272 citations

  2. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    4 h-index

    17 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    1.3K citations

  5. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    719 citations

  6. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    495 citations

  7. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    1.8K citations

  8. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    215 citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal of Comparative Neurology

    19 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. Brain Research

    22 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. Experimental Brain Research

    16 publications · 2K citations

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  4. Journal of Neurophysiology

    JN · 10 publications · 1.5K citations

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  5. Neuroscience

    8 publications · 655 citations

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