Multisensory information facilitates reaction speed by enlarging activity difference between superior colliculus hemispheres in rats.

Animals can make faster behavioral responses to multisensory stimuli than to unisensory stimuli. The superior colliculus (SC), which receives multiple inputs from different sensory modalities, is considered to be involved in the initiation of motor responses. However, the mechanism by which multisen...

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Main Authors: Junya Hirokawa, Osamu Sadakane, Shuzo Sakata, Miquel Bosch, Yoshio Sakurai, Tetsuo Yamamori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21966481/pdf/?tool=EBI

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