Dorsal-ventral differences in the midbrain distribution of single neurons with head movement-correlated and locomotion-correlated firing in the golden hamster.
Movement-correlated firing was studied in 111 midbrain neurons recorded in freely behaving hamsters. For 42% of these cells, most of which lay in the deeper laminae of the superior colliculus, firing occurred principally or exclusively in association with head movements. In 38% of the neurons, most of which were in subtectal regions, activity was greatest during locomotion, but also occurred in correlation with other types of movement.
D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D005260:Female; D006257:Head; D008124:Locomotion; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000502:physiology*; D008647:Mesocricetus; D009068:Movement; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D013477:Superior Colliculi / Q000502:physiology