Nestled deep in the middle of the vertebrate brain is a multi-sensory integration and movement control center called the superior colliculus. In rodents, this brain region integrates multi-sensory inputs—visual cues, sounds, touch information, and smells—and delivers output signals to a variety of motor control centers in the brain, coordinating the animal’s movements in response to its environment.
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