Functional organisation of visual inputs to the superior colliculus

上丘是一个大脑中心，它利用眼睛的视觉信息和其他感官信息，如声音，将头部和眼睛引导到感兴趣的物体上。这个项目将利用目前光遗传学的进展来激活与这个大脑区域的连接，以了解它在协调头部和眼睛运动中的作用。这将促进我们对大脑如何收集和处理视觉信息以辅助行为功能的理解。

The superior colliculus is a brain centre which uses visual information from the eyes and other sensory information, such as sound, to direct the head and eyes towards objects of interest. This project will use current advancements in optogenetics to activate connections to this brain region in order to understand its role in coordinating head and eye movements. This will advance our understanding of how the brain collects and processes visual information to subserve behavioural functions.