Reptiles and Mammals Use Similar Sensory Organizations in the Midbrain
- 10 August 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 205 (4406) , 595-597
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.451623
Abstract
Striking similarities were observed between the overlapping visual and tactile maps of the mammalian superior colliculus and of its homolog in reptiles, the optic tectum. This topographic pattern probably represents a plan of sensory representation that existed in ancient reptiles and that was retained during the evolution to mammalian forms more than 180 million years ago.Keywords
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