Medical Definition of Optic tectum
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A region of the midbrain in which input from the optic nerve is processed. Because the retinally derived neurons of the optic nerve map onto the optic tectum in a defined way, the question of how this specificity is determined has been a long standing problem in cell biology.
Although there is some evidence for adhesion gradients and for some adhesion specificity, the problem is unresolved.
(11 Jan 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Optic Tectum
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