Autonomic and respiratory components of orienting behaviors are mediated by descending pathways originating from the superior colliculus
Erin A. Lynch, Bowen Dempsey, Christine Saleeba, Eloise Monteiro, Anita J. Turner, Peter G.R. Burke, Andrew Mark Allen, Roger A. L. Dampney, Cara M. Hildreth, Jennifer Louise Cornish, Ann K. Goodchild, Simon McMullan
This study identifies a disynaptic pathway from the deep superior colliculus to the ventromedial medulla that mediates autonomic and respiratory responses during orienting behaviors in rats.
bioRxiv · Jun 10, 2021 · PreprintNeuroscience