Table 1.

Volumes of the IC, SC, MG, LG, and SOC.

NUCLEUS name (acronym)	Prior studies										Current study
	Histology			Structural MRI			fMRI
	Volume (mm3) (range)	Age (years)	References	Volume (mm∗) (range)	Age (years) (range or mean ± s.e)	References	Volume (mm∗) (range)	Age (years) (range or mean ± s.e)	References	Cross-modal∗ Volume range (mm3)	Right nucleus Volume (mm3) mean ± s.e (range)	Left nucleus Volume (mm3) mean ± s.e. (range)
Inferior Colliculus (IC)	63	65	Sitek et al., 2019	73	65	Sitek et al., 2019	200	25–30	Sitek et al., 2019	20.7–200	60 ± 3 (40–77)	55 ± 3 (41–69)
	20.7	63	Nara et al., 1996	119–165	28	Bestmann et al., 2004	193–194	20	Amaral et al., 2016
	65. 2	–	Glendenning and Masterton, 1998				111–118	32 ± 9	Cecchetti et al., 2016
							124–135	27 ± 6	Kang et al., 2008
Superior Colliculus (SC)	–	–	–	90–110	20–35	Schneider and Kastner, 2009	171–176	20	Amaral et al., 2016	86–180	71 ± 5 (44–95)	75 ± 4 (44–95)
				86	22–35	Schneider and Kastner, 2005	170–190	32 ± 9	Cecchetti et al., 2016
							158- 165	27 ± 6	Kang et al., 2008
Medial Geniculate Nucleus (MGN)	75	65	Sitek et al., 2019	134	65	Sitek et al., 2019	285	25–30	Sitek et al., 2019	46.6–285	57 ± 6 (28–101)	66 ± 8 (35–126)
	58	–	Glendenning and Masterton, 1998	115–116	20	Amaral et al., 2016	185	28	Bestmann et al., 2004
	46.6–71.2	28, 32	Armstrong, 1979	129	37 ± 7	Kitajima et al., 2015
	105	–	Hopf, 1965
Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (LGN)	104	–	Dorph-Petersen et al., 2009	87.7–88.8	47 ± 9	Schmidt et al., 2018	579	30 ± 4	Barnes et al., 2010	66–579	101 ± 5 (83–126)	93 ± 6 (73–129)
	66–152	–	Zvorykin, 1981	133–135	32 ± 9	Cecchetti et al., 2016	121–129	20–35	Schneider and Kastner, 2009
	416	–	Stephan et al., 1981	117–144	37 ± 12	Wang et al., 2016	215	22–35	Schneider and Kastner, 2005
	91–157	32	Andrews et al., 1997	250–274	20	Amaral et al., 2016	234–244	21–38	Kastner et al., 2004
	69–78	28, 32	Armstrong, 1979	135	37 ± 7	Kitajima et al., 2015	440	22–30	Schneider et al., 2004
	77–115	–	Putnam, 1926	70–170	51 ± 15	Wang et al., 2015
				112–120	22–26	Giraldo-Chica et al., 2015	239–258	22–38	O’Connor et al., 2002
				159	30 ± 12	Kelly et al., 2014	270	19–29	Chen et al., 1999
				110	37	Hernowo et al., 2014
				93–106	45 ± 11	Lee et al., 2014
				90–177	35	Chen et al., 2013
				158–165	32 ± 3	Mcketton et al., 2014
				52–105	38 ± 14	Li et al., 2012
				129.6–143.5	35	Dai et al., 2011
				267	32	Korsholm et al., 2007
				270	20–37	Horton et al., 1990
Superior Olivary Complex (SOC)	6	65	Sitek et al., 2019	4	65	Sitek et al., 2019	124	25–30	Sitek et al., 2019	4–124	16 ± 1 (11–21)	20 ± 1 (12–27)
	5.76	54–76	Hilbig et al., 2009†
	5.82	–	Glendenning and Masterton, 1998†

^∗Cross-modal across prior histological, structural MRI and fMRI studies.

^†The reported values only include the volume of the lateral and medial olivary complex.