11. He also performed investigations involving the primary visual centres of the midbrain . 12. :Oculomotor nerve originates in the midbrain and innervates several eye muscles. 13. By contrast, cells in the midbrain are not aligned along one axis. 14. They connect the cerebellum to the pons and midbrain . 15. The midbrain or mesencephalon contains the two optic lobes. 16. The superior colliculus / optic tectum forms a major component of the midbrain . 17. From the midbrain , Corticopontine fibers carry information from the primary motor cortex. 18. In the midbrain -hindbrain boundary region its expression is regulated by PAX2. 19. These results were very different from the midbrain transection. 20. The VTA is located in the midbrain and consists of dopaminergic, ventral pallidum.