stratum griseum superficiale colliculi superioris

stratum griseum superficiale colliculi superioris
[TA] superficial gray layer of superior colliculus: a layer containing many small multipolar nerve cells which synapse with neurons from the overlying zonal layer and the underlying optic layer; it is Layer II of the colliculus. Called also s. cinereum.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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