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Evoked potentials arising in the rabbit superior colliculus in response to punctiform stimulation of the receptive field were studied. This response has only negative polarity at the focus of maximal activity and does not exhibit reversal of the potential which is a characteristic feature of the response to diffuse stimulation. The evoked potential was recorded at depths of between 0.1 and 0.9–1.0 mm from the collicular surface, corresponding to the stratum griseum superficiale. The response disappeared when the stimulating spot was shifted through 4–6° away from the optical position. It is suggested that evoked potentials to punctiform stimulation can give more complete information on the location of different synapses.
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A. N. Severtsov Institute of Evolutionary Morphology and Ecology of Animals, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow. Translated from Neirofiziologiya, Vol. 11, No. 5, pp. 441–450, September–October, 1979.
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Mass, A.M., Supin, A.Y. Spatial configuration of rabbit superior collicular evoked response to punctiform afferent stimulation. Neurophysiology 11, 325–333 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01062995
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