inferior colliculus
E764631
The inferior colliculus is a midbrain auditory center that integrates and relays sound information from lower brainstem nuclei to higher brain regions involved in hearing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| inferior colliculus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8902216 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: inferior colliculus Context triple: [thalamus, receivesInputFrom, inferior colliculus]
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A.
thalamus
The thalamus is a deep brain structure that acts as a central relay hub, processing and transmitting sensory and motor information to the cerebral cortex and playing key roles in consciousness, sleep, and attention.
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B.
auditory cortex
The auditory cortex is a region of the brain’s temporal lobe responsible for processing and interpreting sound information, including aspects like pitch, volume, and speech.
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C.
substantia nigra
The substantia nigra is a midbrain structure rich in dopamine-producing neurons that plays a key role in movement control and is critically involved in Parkinson’s disease.
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D.
Pons
Pons is a historic commune in southwestern France known for its medieval architecture and role as a stop on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela.
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E.
Amygdala
The amygdala is an almond-shaped brain structure in the temporal lobe that plays a central role in processing emotions, especially fear and threat detection.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: inferior colliculus Target entity description: The inferior colliculus is a midbrain auditory center that integrates and relays sound information from lower brainstem nuclei to higher brain regions involved in hearing.
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A.
thalamus
The thalamus is a deep brain structure that acts as a central relay hub, processing and transmitting sensory and motor information to the cerebral cortex and playing key roles in consciousness, sleep, and attention.
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B.
auditory cortex
The auditory cortex is a region of the brain’s temporal lobe responsible for processing and interpreting sound information, including aspects like pitch, volume, and speech.
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C.
substantia nigra
The substantia nigra is a midbrain structure rich in dopamine-producing neurons that plays a key role in movement control and is critically involved in Parkinson’s disease.
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D.
Pons
Pons is a historic commune in southwestern France known for its medieval architecture and role as a stop on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela.
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E.
Amygdala
The amygdala is an almond-shaped brain structure in the temporal lobe that plays a central role in processing emotions, especially fear and threat detection.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
auditory nucleus
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brain region ⓘ midbrain structure ⓘ |
| clinicalRelevance |
involved in central auditory pathway disorders
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lesions can cause auditory processing deficits ⓘ |
| connectedBy | brachium of the inferior colliculus ⓘ |
| developsFrom | alalar plate of the midbrain ⓘ |
| function |
integration of auditory information
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multisensory integration ⓘ processing of sound intensity ⓘ processing of temporal features of sound ⓘ relay of auditory signals to the thalamus ⓘ sound localization ⓘ |
| hasPart |
central nucleus of the inferior colliculus
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dorsal cortex of the inferior colliculus ⓘ external cortex of the inferior colliculus ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
GABAergic inhibition
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bilateral ⓘ glutamatergic excitation ⓘ laminar organization ⓘ tonotopic organization ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
audiomotor reflexes
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orientation to sound ⓘ startle reflex ⓘ |
| locatedCaudalTo | superior colliculus ⓘ |
| locatedDorsalTo | cerebral aqueduct ⓘ |
| locatedIn | mesencephalon ⓘ |
| mappedBy | functional MRI in auditory tasks ⓘ |
| partOf |
auditory pathway
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midbrain ⓘ tectum ⓘ |
| presentIn |
humans
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mammals ⓘ |
| receivesInputFrom |
auditory cortex
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cochlear nucleus ⓘ lateral lemniscus nuclei ⓘ nuclei of the lateral lemniscus ⓘ somatosensory system ⓘ superior colliculus ⓘ superior olivary complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sendsOutputTo |
auditory cortex
NERFINISHED
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medial geniculate body ⓘ medial geniculate nucleus of the thalamus NERFINISHED ⓘ superior colliculus ⓘ |
| studiedUsing |
electrophysiological recordings
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tracer connectivity studies ⓘ |
| suppliedBy |
posterior cerebral artery branches
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quadrigeminal artery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: inferior colliculus Description of subject: The inferior colliculus is a midbrain auditory center that integrates and relays sound information from lower brainstem nuclei to higher brain regions involved in hearing.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.