The phrase "inferior colliculus" refers to a small part of our brain responsible for processing and interpreting sounds that we hear. It helps us recognize and locate where sounds are coming from. Full definition
A novel and robust projection from gamma - aminobutyric acid - containing (GABAergic) inferior colliculus neurons to the media] geniculate body (MGB) was discovered in the cat using axoplasmic transport (semanticscholar.org)
Maéva Orliac of Montpellier University, France, and colleagues say that a new fossil cast of its braincase shows Hyopsodus had a large inferior colliculus, a brain region enlarged in echolocating animals (PLoS One, DOI: 10.1371 / journal.pone.0030000). (newscientist.com)
iPSC - derived RGCs also expressed genes involved in guiding RGC axons to their specific targets, and when cultured on aggregates made from mouse midbrain, RGCs elaborated long processes that were oriented towards superior colliculus (SC) cells, the target of RGC axons in the midbrain, but not inferior colliculus (IC) cells, a target of the auditory neurons. (stemcellsportal.com)