Editing Pretectal area (section)

===Inputs===
The pretectum receives significant [[binocular vision|binocular]] input from [[photosensitive ganglion cell]]s in the retina. In primates these afferents are bilateral<ref name=":0">{{cite journal | vauthors = Hutchins B, Weber JT | title = The pretectal complex of the monkey: a reinvestigation of the morphology and retinal terminations | journal = The Journal of Comparative Neurology | volume = 232 | issue = 4 | pages = 425–42 | date = February 1985 | pmid = 3980762 | doi = 10.1002/cne.902320402 | s2cid = 25656241 }}</ref> while in rodents they project from the contralateral retina. The majority of these retino-pretectal projections go to the ON and NOT<ref name=":0" /> while other pretectal nuclei receive minor retinal input in mammals including the posterior, medial, and anterior pretectal nuclei.<ref name="Gamlin" /><ref name="Nicholson" /><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Hutchins B | year = 1991 | title = Evidence for a direct retinal projection to the anterior pretectal nucleus in the cat | journal = Brain Research | volume = 561 | issue = 1 | pages = 169–173 | doi=10.1016/0006-8993(91)90764-m| pmid = 1797344 | s2cid = 2584102 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Weber JT, Hutchins B | year = 1982 | title = The demonstration of a retinal projection to the medial pretectal nucleus in the domestic cat and the squirrel monkey: anautoradiographic analysis | journal = Brain Research | volume = 232 | issue = 1 | pages = 181–186 | doi=10.1016/0006-8993(82)90622-9| pmid = 6173098 | s2cid = 8118675 }}</ref>

The NOT receives input from several regions. From the thalamus the NOT receives inhibitory projections from [[gamma-Aminobutyric acid|GABA]]-producing neurons in the ipsilateral [[lateral geniculate nucleus]] and bilateral intergeniculate leaflets. The ipsilateral superficial [[suprachiasmatic nucleus]] and the medial, dorsal, and lateral terminal nuclei in the midbrain project onto the NOT. Fibers also project to the NOT from the [[nucleus prepositus hypoglossi]] in the medulla, the contralateral NOT, and from various cortical regions.<ref name="Gamlin" /><ref name="Ono">{{cite journal | vauthors = Ono S, Mustari MJ | title = Visual error signals from the pretectal nucleus of the optic tract guide motor learning for smooth pursuit | journal = Journal of Neurophysiology | volume = 103 | issue = 5 | pages = 2889–99 | date = May 2010 | pmid = 20457849 | pmc = 2867559 | doi = 10.1152/jn.01024.2009 }}</ref>