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Group Leader, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology - Views & opinions are my own
Aug 30, 2019 13 tweets 6 min read
New work from our lab @MRC_LMB led by Laura Masullo and Letizia Mariotti reveals the existence of a discrete and modular representation of the motor space in the superior colliculus, in @CurrentBiology @CellPressNews . Funded by @ERC_Research @The_MRC
bit.ly/2NGc5ea The superior colliculus (SC) is a midbrain region canonically divided in sensory and motor domains. Neurons in the motor domain of the SC (mSC) direct head movements in mice as shown by @jonjwilson from our lab last year: bit.ly/2ZBjKNk