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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
• Quality: L0
• 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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• no child items defined

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 (CP.PRIMARY-VISUAL-FORWARD-FLOWS)

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 (see Occipital Lobe)
V3=Associative Visual Cortex,NPE.NC.OCC.V3 (see Occipital Lobe)
V4=Fusiform Gyrus,NSA.NC.OCC.V4 (see Occipital Lobe)
VIP=Ventral Intraparietal Sulcus,NSA.NC.IPS.VIP

• 3 Visual Cortex Paths - see Reference (CP.BASE-VISUAL-CORTEX-FLOWS)

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 (see Lateral Prefrontal Cortex)
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 (see Premotor Cortex)
pre-SMA=Supplementary Motor Cortex,NMA.NC.SMC
vPM=Ventral Premotor Cortex,MCA.NC.VPMC (see Premotor Cortex)

• Language-Related Regions - see Reference (CM.LANGUAGE-RELATED-REGIONS)

BA44=Broca's Area,NPE.NC.PFC.BRA (see Lateral Prefrontal Cortex)
BA45=Broca's Area,NPE.NC.PFC.BRA (see Lateral Prefrontal Cortex)
IFG=Broca's Area,NPE.NC.PFC.BRA (see Lateral Prefrontal Cortex)
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 (CP.VISUAL-PATH-TO-HC)

A=Amygdala,FAM.FT.AM
ER=Entorhinal Cortex,FMM.NC.PH.ET (see Rhinal Cortex)
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 (see Occipital Lobe)
V4=Fusiform Gyrus,NSA.NC.OCC.V4 (see Occipital Lobe)

• Parietal Association Cortex - see Reference (CP.VISUAL-PARIETAL-ASSOCIATION-CORTEX)

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 (see Occipital Lobe)
V3A=Associative Visual Cortex,NPE.NC.OCC.V3 (see Occipital Lobe)
V3d=Associative Visual Cortex,NPE.NC.OCC.V3 (see Occipital Lobe)
V3v=Associative Visual Cortex,NPE.NC.OCC.V3 (see Occipital Lobe)
V4=Fusiform Gyrus,NSA.NC.OCC.V4 (see Occipital Lobe)
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 (see Intraparietal Sulcus)

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