title: Bilateral projection of nigro-collicular neurons: An electrophysiological analysis in the rat.
abstract: In response to stimulation of the deep layers of the superior colliculus (SC) in the rat, nigral neurons were antidromically activated (latency 0.5-1.5 msec). Effective stimulations were located in ipsi- or contralateral SC deep layers lying above the central gray (CG) or more laterally; nigro-collicular neurons are exclusively located in the pars reticulata of the substantia nigra (SN) and some of them project both to ipsi- and contralateral SC. The functional significance of this nigral projection is discussed.
authors: Laboratoire de Physiologie des Centres Nerveux, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4, avenue Gordon-Bennett, 75016 Paris, France.
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Deniau
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Hammond-Le Guyader
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Feger
authors: J S
authors: JS
authors: McKenzie