BrainRegionNSA NC OCC V2TN

Secondary Visual Cortex, Thin Stripe

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This page covers biological details of component Secondary Visual Cortex, Thin Stripe. Region is part of aHuman target integrated biological model.

• Top-down path to region: Cerebral Cortex -> Occipital Lobe (NC.LOBE.OCC) -> Secondary Visual Cortex (NSA.NC.OCC.V2) -> Secondary Visual Cortex, Thin Stripe (NSA.NC.OCC.V2TN) (see Mind Maps)
• Type: cortex
• Brain area: Neocortical Brain - Sensory Aggregation Area
• Role: processor
• Function: Extract luminance and color features

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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.FD.TH.LPV	Lateral Pulvinar	excitatory-glu	Global visual system (Pulvinar -> VisualCortex, abstract)
	NSA.NC.OCC.V1	Primary Visual Cortex	feedforward-glu	Cortico-Cortical Connectivity (V1 -> VA, abstract)

Outbound Region Connections:

Target Area	Target Region	Target Name	Type	Reference
LRC	LRC.MM.SC.SUP	Superficial Superior Colliculus	excitatory-glu	Global visual system (VisualCortex -> SCs, abstract)
NDM	NDM.NC.AL.DLPFCL	Lateral Mid-Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex	feedforward-glu	Cortico-Cortical Connectivity (VA -> PFC, abstract)
NSA	NSA.NC.OCC.V4V	Ventral Visual Area V4	feedforward-glu	Paths from Retina to Parietal Cortex and IT (V2 -> V4, abstract)

Thirdparty Circuits

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

• Global visual system - see Reference

• Cortico-Cortical Connectivity - see Reference

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
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959438808001566
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053810011000080