Program#/Poster#:\t 72.5/LL12

Title:\t Cholinergic modulation of information coding in the barn owl optic tectum

Location:\t Halls B-H

Presentation Time:\t Saturday, Nov 13, 2010, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM...

Program#/Poster#:\t 758.17/AA16

Title:\t Competitive selection of salient stimuli in the owl optic tectum

Location:\t South Hall A

Presentation Time:\t Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Authors:\t*S. P. MYSORE, A...

In this study the morphological features of the optic tectum in ostrich embryo were studied macroscopically and microscopically. After gross anatomical study, fixed specimens of the optic lobes in
30th, 36th and 40th embryonic days were processed...

of the optic tectum, a structure known to be involved in gaze control and attention. A variety of either visual or auditory stimuli located anywhere outside of a neuron s receptive field (RF) were shown to suppress or completely eliminate responses to a visual...