#summary Inferotemporal Area
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This page covers biological details of component group Inferotemporal Area.
Component group is part of aHuman target integrated biological model.

  * *Top-down path to center*: Cerebral Cortex -> Temporal Lobe (NC.LOBE.TEMP) -> Inferotemporal Area (NSA.NC.IT) (see [OverallMindMaps Mind Maps])
  * *Function*: 
(generated)
= Components =
(generated)


*Component items*:
  * [BrainRegionNSA_NC_IT_TE Inferotemporal Cortex] (NSA.NC.IT.TE): Represent different views of objects
  * [BrainRegionNSA_NC_IT_TEO Preoccipital Inferotemporal Area] (NSA.NC.IT.TEO): Represent different features of objects

= Connectivity =
(generated)


*Internal Regions Connections:*

<img src="http://ahuman.org/svn/ahwiki/images/dot/CENTER.NSA.NC.IT_internals.dot.png" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">


|| *Source Region* || *Target Region* || *Reference* ||
|| [BrainRegionNSA_NC_IT_TEO Preoccipital Inferotemporal Area] (NSA.NC.IT.TEO) || [BrainRegionNSA_NC_IT_TE Inferotemporal Cortex] (NSA.NC.IT.TE) || [http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/i/i_02/i_02_cr/i_02_cr_vis/i_02_cr_vis.html Paths from Retina to Parietal Cortex and IT (TEO -> TE)] ||

*External Connections:*

<img src="http://ahuman.org/svn/ahwiki/images/dot/CENTER.NSA.NC.IT_externals.dot.png" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">

*External Inbound Center Connections:*

|| *Source Center* || *Sample Link* || *Reference* ||
|| [BrainCenterNC_LOBE_OCC Occipital Lobe] (NC.LOBE.OCC) || [BrainRegionNSA_NC_OCC_V4D NSA.NC.OCC.V4D] -> [BrainRegionNSA_NC_IT_TE NSA.NC.IT.TE]||[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0893608098000471 Primate Control of Grasping (VC -> IT, abstract)] ||

*External Outbound Center Connections:*

|| *Target Center* || *Sample Link* || *Reference* ||
|| [BrainCenterFAM_FT_AM Amygdala] (FAM.FT.AM) || [BrainRegionNSA_NC_IT_TE NSA.NC.IT.TE] -> [BrainRegionFAM_FT_AM_LADL FAM.FT.AM.LADL]||[http://www.surgicalneurologyint.com/article.asp?issn=2152-7806;year=2012;volume=3;issue=2;spage=40;epage=46;aulast=Langevin Amygdala and its network (ITC -> LA, abstract)] ||
|| [BrainCenterFEC_FT_BG Basal Ganglia] (FEC.FT.BG) || [BrainRegionNSA_NC_IT_TE NSA.NC.IT.TE] -> [BrainRegionFEC_FT_CN_BD FEC.FT.CN.BD]||(unknown reference) ||
|| [BrainCenterHT_RF Pontine Reticular Formation] (HT.RF) || [BrainRegionNSA_NC_IT_TE NSA.NC.IT.TE] -> [BrainRegionLRC_HT_PRF_RPO LRC.HT.PRF.RPO]||[http://usvn.ahuman.org/svn/ahwiki/images/wiki/research/biomodel/saccades.jpg Saccades and smooth movements (TEF -> DLPN, abstract)] ||
|| [BrainCenterNC_AL_LPFC Lateral Prefrontal Cortex] (NC.AL.LPFC) || [BrainRegionNSA_NC_IT_TE NSA.NC.IT.TE] -> [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DLPFCL NDM.NC.AL.DLPFCL]||[http://ahuman.org/svn/ahengine/research/articles/Biological/2008-dorsal-stream.pdf 3 Visual Cortex Paths (IT -> LPC, abstract)] ||
|| [BrainCenterNC_PHA_RH Rhinal Cortex] (NC.PHA.RH) || [BrainRegionNSA_NC_IT_TE NSA.NC.IT.TE] -> [BrainRegionFMM_NC_PH_LEC FMM.NC.PH.LEC]||[http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v3/n2/fig_tab/nrn726_F3.html McNaughton Spatial Processing Network (ITCortex -> EnthCortex, abstract)] ||
|| [BrainCenterNC_PMC Premotor Cortex] (NC.PMC) || [BrainRegionNSA_NC_IT_TE NSA.NC.IT.TE] -> [BrainRegionNPE_NC_PMC_CFEF NPE.NC.PMC.CFEF]||[http://usvn.ahuman.org/svn/ahwiki/images/wiki/research/biomodel/saccades.jpg Saccades and smooth movements (TEF -> FEF, abstract)] ||
|| [BrainCenterNC_STG Superior Temporal Gyrus] (NC.STG) || [BrainRegionNSA_NC_IT_TEO NSA.NC.IT.TEO] -> [BrainRegionNCP_NC_TPC NCP.NC.TPC]||[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364661312002823 Language-Related Regions (MTG21 -> TC)] ||
|| [BrainCenterNSA_NC_IPS Intraparietal Sulcus] (NSA.NC.IPS) || [BrainRegionNSA_NC_IT_TE NSA.NC.IT.TE] -> [BrainRegionNSA_NC_IPS_AIP NSA.NC.IPS.AIP]||[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0893608098000471 Primate Control of Grasping (IT -> AIP, abstract)] ||