BrainRegionNSA NC IT TEO

Preoccipital Inferotemporal Area

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This page covers biological details of component Preoccipital Inferotemporal Area. Region is part of aHuman target integrated biological model.

• Top-down path to region: Cerebral Cortex -> Temporal Lobe (NC.LOBE.TEMP) -> Inferotemporal Area (NSA.NC.IT) -> Preoccipital Inferotemporal Area (NSA.NC.IT.TEO) (see Mind Maps)
• Type: cortex
• Brain area: Neocortical Brain - Sensory Aggregation Area
• Brodmann ID: 21
• Role: cortex.generic
• Function: Represent different features of objects
• Notes to function: Part of IT Cortex

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Components

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Connectivity

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Inbound Region Connections:

Source Area	Source Region	Source Name	Type	Reference
NSA	NSA.NC.OCC.V4V	Ventral Visual Area V4	feedforward-glu	Primate Control of Grasping (VC -> IT, abstract)

Outbound Region Connections:

Target Area	Target Region	Target Name	Type	Reference
NCP	NCP.NC.TPC	Temporopolar Cortex	feedforward-glu	Language-Related Regions (MTG21 -> TC)
NPE	NPE.NC.IPS.MIP	Medial Intraparietal Sulcus	feedforward-glu	3 Visual Cortex Paths (IT -> IPS, abstract)
NSA	NSA.NC.IT.TE	Inferotemporal Cortex	feedforward-glu	Paths from Retina to Parietal Cortex and IT (TEO -> TE)

Thirdparty Circuits

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• Paths from Retina to Parietal Cortex and IT - see Reference

map: 7a=Caudal Precuneus,NPE.NC.SPL.PG, LGN=Lateral Geniculate Nucleus,NSA.FD.LGN, LIP=Lateral Intraparietal Sulcus,NPE.NC.IPS.LIP, MST=Medial Superior Temporal Area,NPE.NC.IPL.MST, MT=Middle Temporal Area,NSA.NC.OCC.MT, PO=Parietooccipital Area,NSA.NC.OCC.PO, Retina=Retinal Nucleus,LPC.FD.RT, TE=Inferotemporal Cortex,NSA.NC.IT.TE, TEO=Preoccipital Inferotemporal Area,NSA.NC.IT.TEO, V1=Primary Visual Cortex,NSA.NC.OCC.V1, V2=Secondary Visual Cortex,NSA.NC.OCC.V2 (Secondary Visual Cortex, Thin Stripe (NSA.NC.OCC.V2TN), Secondary Visual Cortex, Thick Stripe (NSA.NC.OCC.V2TK), Secondary Visual Cortex, Pale Stripe (NPE.NC.OCC.V2PL)), V3=Associative Visual Cortex,NPE.NC.OCC.V3 (Dorsal Associative Visual Cortex (NPE.NC.OCC.V3D), Ventral Associative Visual Cortex (NPE.NC.OCC.V3V)), V4=Fusiform Gyrus,NSA.NC.OCC.V4 (Dorsal Visual Area V4 (NSA.NC.OCC.V4D), Ventral Visual Area V4 (NSA.NC.OCC.V4V)), VIP=Ventral Intraparietal Sulcus,NSA.NC.IPS.VIP

• 3 Visual Cortex Paths - see Reference

map: IPL=Inferior Parietal Lobule,NC.IPL, IPS=Intraparietal Sulcus,NSA.NC.IPS, IT=Inferotemporal Area,NSA.NC.IT, LPC=Mid-Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex,NDM.NC.AL.DLPFC (Rostral Mid-Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex (NDM.NC.AL.DLPFCR), Lateral Mid-Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex (NDM.NC.AL.DLPFCL)), MI=Motor Cortex,NMA.NC.MC, OCC=Occipital Lobe,NC.LOBE.OCC, SPL=Superior Parietal Lobule,NC.SPL, dPM=Dorsal Premotor Cortex,MCA.NC.DPMC (Dorsal Caudal Premotor Cortex (NMA.NC.PMC.F2), Dorsal Rostral Premotor Cortex (NMA.NC.PMC.F7)), pre-SMA=Supplementary Motor Cortex,NMA.NC.SMC, vPM=Ventral Premotor Cortex,MCA.NC.VPMC (Ventral Caudal Premotor Cortex (NMA.NC.PMC.F4), Ventral Rostral Premotor Cortex (NMA.NC.PMC.F5))

• Language-Related Regions - see Reference

map: BA44=Broca's Area,NPE.NC.PFC.BRA (Broca's Area Pars Opercularis (NPE.NC.BRA.PO), Broca's Area Pars Triangularis (NPE.NC.BRA.PT)), BA45=Broca's Area,NPE.NC.PFC.BRA (Broca's Area Pars Opercularis (NPE.NC.BRA.PO), Broca's Area Pars Triangularis (NPE.NC.BRA.PT)), IFG=Broca's Area,NPE.NC.PFC.BRA (Broca's Area Pars Opercularis (NPE.NC.BRA.PO), Broca's Area Pars Triangularis (NPE.NC.BRA.PT)), MTG21=Preoccipital Inferotemporal Area,NSA.NC.IT.TEO, PMC=Premotor Cortex,NC.PMC, STG22a=Wernicke's area A3,NSA.NC.STG.A3, STG22b=Wernicke's area A4,NSA.NC.STG.A4, TC=Temporopolar Cortex,NCP.NC.TPC, pSTC=Wernicke's area A4,NSA.NC.STG.A4, vIFC=Inferior Prefrontal Gyrus,NDM.NC.AL.IPG

• Visual Path to Hippocampus - see Reference

map: A=Amygdala,FAM.FT.AM, ER=Entorhinal Cortex,FMM.NC.PH.ET (Lateral Entorhinal Cortex (FMM.NC.PH.LEC), Medial Entorhinal Cortex (FMM.NC.PH.MEC)), H=Hippocampal Formation,FMM.FT.HF, IT=Inferotemporal Cortex,NSA.NC.IT.TE, PRPH=Perirhinal Cortex,FMM.NC.PH.PER, TEO=Preoccipital Inferotemporal Area,NSA.NC.IT.TEO, V1=Primary Visual Cortex,NSA.NC.OCC.V1, V2=Secondary Visual Cortex,NSA.NC.OCC.V2 (Secondary Visual Cortex, Thin Stripe (NSA.NC.OCC.V2TN), Secondary Visual Cortex, Thick Stripe (NSA.NC.OCC.V2TK), Secondary Visual Cortex, Pale Stripe (NPE.NC.OCC.V2PL)), V4=Fusiform Gyrus,NSA.NC.OCC.V4 (Dorsal Visual Area V4 (NSA.NC.OCC.V4D), Ventral Visual Area V4 (NSA.NC.OCC.V4V))

• Parietal Association Cortex - see Reference

map: 7a=Caudal Precuneus,NPE.NC.SPL.PG, 7b=Rostral Precuneus,NPE.NC.SPL.PF, AIP=Anterior Intraparietal Sulcus,NSA.NC.IPS.AIP, LGB=Lateral Geniculate Nucleus,NSA.FD.LGN, LIP=Lateral Intraparietal Sulcus,NPE.NC.IPS.LIP, TE=Inferotemporal Cortex,NSA.NC.IT.TE, TEO=Preoccipital Inferotemporal Area,NSA.NC.IT.TEO, V1=Primary Visual Cortex,NSA.NC.OCC.V1, V2=Secondary Visual Cortex,NSA.NC.OCC.V2 (Secondary Visual Cortex, Thin Stripe (NSA.NC.OCC.V2TN), Secondary Visual Cortex, Thick Stripe (NSA.NC.OCC.V2TK), Secondary Visual Cortex, Pale Stripe (NPE.NC.OCC.V2PL)), V3A=Associative Visual Cortex,NPE.NC.OCC.V3 (Dorsal Associative Visual Cortex (NPE.NC.OCC.V3D), Ventral Associative Visual Cortex (NPE.NC.OCC.V3V)), V3d=Associative Visual Cortex,NPE.NC.OCC.V3 (Dorsal Associative Visual Cortex (NPE.NC.OCC.V3D), Ventral Associative Visual Cortex (NPE.NC.OCC.V3V)), V3v=Associative Visual Cortex,NPE.NC.OCC.V3 (Dorsal Associative Visual Cortex (NPE.NC.OCC.V3D), Ventral Associative Visual Cortex (NPE.NC.OCC.V3V)), V4=Fusiform Gyrus,NSA.NC.OCC.V4 (Dorsal Visual Area V4 (NSA.NC.OCC.V4D), Ventral Visual Area V4 (NSA.NC.OCC.V4V)), V5=Middle Temporal Area,NSA.NC.OCC.MT, V5A=Middle Temporal Area,NSA.NC.OCC.MT, V6=Parietooccipital Area,NSA.NC.OCC.PO, VIP=Ventral Intraparietal Sulcus,NSA.NC.IPS.VIP, cIPS=Posterior Eye Field,NPE.NC.IPS.PEF (Medial Intraparietal Sulcus (NPE.NC.IPS.MIP), Lateral Intraparietal Sulcus (NPE.NC.IPS.LIP))

References

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• http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/i/i_02/i_02_cr/i_02_cr_vis/i_02_cr_vis.html
• article:Biological/2008-dorsal-stream.pdf
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364661312002823
• http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Inferior_temporal_cortex
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166223697010679