[The functional connections of the supraoptic and suprachiasmatic nuclei of the anterior hypothalamus with the superior colliculi].

Interrelation of single hypothalamic (supraoptic--SO and suprachiasmatic--SCH nuclei) and light stimuli at the level of superior colliculus (SC) were studied during chronic experiments in waking rabbits. Short-term inhibitory and the subsequent facilitatory effects of the hypothalamic stimuli on SC responses induced by light flashes were established. The foregoing light stimulus caused inhibitory effect on formation of hypothalamo-collicular responses induced by SO and SCH nuclei stimulation. The final result of the anterior hypothalamic effect on SC function is the vector value of the mechanism of interrelation between the hypothalamic inputs in this structure.