#summary Medial Superior Temporal Area @@[Home] -> [BiologicalLifeResearch] -> [BrainAreaNPE] -> [BrainRegionNPE_NC_IPL_MST] ---- This page covers biological details of component Medial Superior Temporal Area. Region is part of aHuman target integrated biological model. * *Top-down path to region*: Cerebral Cortex -> Parietal Lobe (NC.LOBE.PAR) -> [BrainCenterNC_IPL Inferior Parietal Lobule] (NC.IPL) -> Angular Gyrus (NC.IPL.AG) -> [BrainRegionNPE_NC_IPL_MST Medial Superior Temporal Area] (NPE.NC.IPL.MST) (see [OverallMindMaps Mind Maps]) * *Type*: cortex * *Quality*: L0 * *Brain area*: [BrainAreaNPE Neocortical Brain - Unimodal Execution Area] (NPE) * *Area circuit*: Execution by Motion Inputs (NPS) * *Brodmann ID*: 39 * *Role*: cortex.generic * *Function*: Image stabilization, predictive target tracking * *Notes to function*: * PG, Ventro-dorsal stream (generated) = Components = (generated) * no child items defined = Connectivity = (generated) http://ahuman.org/svn/ahwiki/images/dot/NPE.NC.IPL.MST.dot.png *Inbound Region Connections:* || *Source Area* || *Source Region* || *Source Name* || *Type* || *Role* || *Reference* || || [BrainAreaNSA NSA] || [BrainRegionNSA_FD_TH_IPV NSA.FD.TH.IPV] || Inferior Pulvinar || excitatory-glu || uncertain ||[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959438808001566 Global visual system (Pulvinar -> ParietalCortex, abstract)] || || || [BrainRegionNSA_NC_OCC_MT NSA.NC.OCC.MT] || Middle Temporal Area || feedforward-glu || uncertain ||[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 (MT -> MST)] || || || [BrainRegionNSA_NC_OCC_PO NSA.NC.OCC.PO] || Parietooccipital Area || feedforward-glu || uncertain ||[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 (PO -> MST)] || *Outbound Region Connections:* || *Target Area* || *Target Region* || *Target Name* || *Type* || *Role* || *Reference* || || [BrainAreaFMM FMM] || [BrainRegionFMM_FT_HC_CA1P FMM.FT.HC.CA1P] || Proximal CA1 of Hippocampus || excitatory-glu || uncertain || [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763409002061 Contribution of hippocampal region CA3 to consciousness (IPL -> CA1, abstract)] || || || [BrainRegionFMM_FT_HC_CA3D FMM.FT.HC.CA3D] || Distal CA3 of Hippocampus || excitatory-glu || uncertain || (unknown reference) || || || [BrainRegionFMM_NC_PH_POR FMM.NC.PH.POR] || Postrhinal Cortex || feedforward-glu || uncertain || [http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Head_direction_cells Head Direction Cell Circuit (PC -> PRHC, abstract)] || || [BrainAreaLRC LRC] || [BrainRegionLRC_MM_SC_SUP LRC.MM.SC.SUP] || Superficial Superior Colliculus || excitatory-glu || uncertain || [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959438808001566 Global visual system (ParietalCortex -> SCi, abstract)] || || [BrainAreaNCP NCP] || [BrainRegionNCP_NC_MPL_PSCG NCP.NC.MPL.PSCG] || Posterior Cingulate Cortex || feedforward-glu || uncertain || [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763409002061 Contribution of hippocampal region CA3 to consciousness (IPL -> PosteriorCingulate, abstract)] || || [BrainAreaNDM NDM] || [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DACG NDM.NC.AL.DACG] || Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Area || feedforward-glu || uncertain || [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959438808001566 Global visual system (ParietalCortex -> FrontalCortex, abstract)] || || || [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DLPFCR NDM.NC.AL.DLPFCR] || Rostral Mid-Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex || feedforward-glu || uncertain || [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053810011000080 Cortico-Cortical Connectivity (PTHA -> PFC, abstract)] || || [BrainAreaNMA NMA] || [BrainRegionNMA_NC_PMC_F4 NMA.NC.PMC.F4] || Ventral Caudal Premotor Cortex || feedforward-glu || uncertain || [http://ahuman.org/svn/ahengine/research/articles/Biological/2008-dorsal-stream.pdf 3 Visual Cortex Paths (IPL -> vPM, abstract)] || || [BrainAreaNPE NPE] || [BrainRegionNPE_NC_IPL_SMW NPE.NC.IPL.SMW] || Supramarginal Wernike Cortex || feedforward-glu || uncertain || [http://www.hindawi.com/journals/nri/2012/719056 Visual Dorsal Pathway (MST -> IPL, abstract)] || || || [BrainRegionNPE_NC_SPL_PG NPE.NC.SPL.PG] || Caudal Precuneus || feedforward-glu || uncertain || [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 (MST -> 7a)] || = Thirdparty Circuits = (generated) * [http://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0149763409002061-gr1.jpg Contribution of hippocampal region CA3 to consciousness] - see [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763409002061 Reference] (CT.HIPPOCAMPUS-FOR-CONSCIOUSNESS) AnteriorHC=Hippocampus,FMM.FT.HC (see [BrainCenterFMM_FT_HF Hippocampal Formation]) AnteriorTemporal=[BrainRegionNCP_NC_INS_HR Anterior Temporal Lobe,NCP.NC.INS.HR] CA1=Ventrolateral Cornu Ammonis of Hippocampus,FMM.FT.HC.CA1 (see [BrainCenterFMM_FT_HF Hippocampal Formation]) CA3=Dorsomedial Cornu Ammonis of Hippocampus,FMM.FT.HC.CA3 (see [BrainCenterFMM_FT_HF Hippocampal Formation]) IPL=[BrainCenterNC_IPL Inferior Parietal Lobule,NC.IPL] LateralEC=Entorhinal Cortex,FMM.NC.PH.ET (see [BrainCenterNC_PHA_RH Rhinal Cortex]) MB=Mammillary Body,FD.MB (see [BrainCenterFD_HT Hypothalamus]) MedialEC=Entorhinal Cortex,FMM.NC.PH.ET (see [BrainCenterNC_PHA_RH Rhinal Cortex]) PHCortex=[BrainRegionFMM_NC_PH_POR Postrhinal Cortex,FMM.NC.PH.POR] PRCortex=[BrainRegionFMM_NC_PH_PER Perirhinal Cortex,FMM.NC.PH.PER] PosteriorCingulate=[BrainRegionNCP_NC_MPL_PSCG Posterior Cingulate Cortex,NCP.NC.MPL.PSCG] PosteriorHC=Hippocampus,FMM.FT.HC (see [BrainCenterFMM_FT_HF Hippocampal Formation]) Retrosplenial=[BrainRegionNCP_NC_MPL_RSC Retrosplenial Cortex,NCP.NC.MPL.RSC] TH.AV=[BrainRegionFMM_FD_TH_AV Anteroventral Nucleus,FMM.FD.TH.AV] unavailable * [http://www.scholarpedia.org/w/images/6/63/Taube_Figure_5a.png Head Direction Cell Circuit] - see [http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Head_direction_cells Reference] (CT.HEAD-DIRECTION) AD=[BrainRegionFMM_FD_TH_AD Anterodorsal Nucleus,FMM.FD.TH.AD] DTN=[BrainRegionLMC_HT_TG_LDT Laterodorsal Tegmental Nucleus,LMC.HT.TG.DTG] EC=Entorhinal Cortex,FMM.NC.PH.ET (see [BrainCenterNC_PHA_RH Rhinal Cortex]) HC=Hippocampus,FMM.FT.HC (see [BrainCenterFMM_FT_HF Hippocampal Formation]) IPD=[BrainRegionFEC_HT_TG_IPD Interpeduncular Nucleus,FEC.HT.TG.IPD] LD=[BrainRegionFMM_FD_TH_LD Lateral Dorsal Nucleus of Thalamus,FMM.FD.TH.LD] LHAB=[BrainCenterFAM_FD_HB Habenula,FAM.FD.HB] LMB=[BrainRegionFMM_FD_MB_LMB Lateral Mammillary Nucleus,FMM.FD.MB.LMB] MVSN=[BrainRegionLPC_HT_MVBN Medial Vestibular Nucleus,LPC.HT.MVBN] NPRP=[BrainRegionLRC_HL_NPH Prepositus Nucleus,LRC.HL.NPH] PC=Parietal Lobe,NC.LOBE.PAR PRHC=[BrainRegionFMM_NC_PH_POR Postrhinal Cortex,FMM.NC.PH.POR] PSUB=[BrainRegionFMM_NC_PH_POS Postsubiculum,FMM.NC.PH.POS] RSP=[BrainRegionNCP_NC_MPL_RSC Retrosplenial Cortex,NCP.NC.MPL.RSC] SUPGEN=[BrainRegionNSA_FD_TH_SG Suprageniculate Nucleus of Thalamus,NSA.FD.TH.SG] VC=[BrainCenterNC_LOBE_OCC Occipital Lobe,NC.LOBE.OCC] unavailable * [http://www.hindawi.com/journals/nri/2012/719056.fig.001.jpg Visual Dorsal Pathway] - see [http://www.hindawi.com/journals/nri/2012/719056 Reference] (CP.VISUAL-DORSAL-PATHWAY) IPL=[BrainCenterNC_IPL Inferior Parietal Lobule,NC.IPL] IT=[BrainCenterNSA_NC_IT Inferotemporal Area,NSA.NC.IT] LGN=[BrainRegionNSA_FD_LGN Lateral Geniculate Nucleus,NSA.FD.LGN] MST=[BrainRegionNPE_NC_IPL_MST Medial Superior Temporal Area,NPE.NC.IPL.MST] Retina=[BrainRegionLPC_FD_RT Retinal Nucleus,LPC.FD.RT] SPL=[BrainCenterNC_SPL Superior Parietal Lobule,NC.SPL] V1=[BrainRegionNSA_NC_OCC_V1 Primary Visual Cortex,NSA.NC.OCC.V1] V2=Secondary Visual Cortex,NSA.NC.OCC.V2 (see [BrainCenterNC_LOBE_OCC Occipital Lobe]) V3=Associative Visual Cortex,NPE.NC.OCC.V3 (see [BrainCenterNC_LOBE_OCC Occipital Lobe]) V4=Fusiform Gyrus,NSA.NC.OCC.V4 (see [BrainCenterNC_LOBE_OCC Occipital Lobe]) V5=[BrainRegionNSA_NC_OCC_MT Middle Temporal Area,NSA.NC.OCC.MT] V6=[BrainRegionNSA_NC_OCC_PO Parietooccipital Area,NSA.NC.OCC.PO] unavailable * [http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/a/a_02/a_02_cr/a_02_cr_vis/a_02_cr_vis_3a.jpg Paths from Retina to Parietal Cortex and IT] - see [http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/i/i_02/i_02_cr/i_02_cr_vis/i_02_cr_vis.html Reference] (CP.PRIMARY-VISUAL-FORWARD-FLOWS) 7a=[BrainRegionNPE_NC_SPL_PG Caudal Precuneus,NPE.NC.SPL.PG] LGN=[BrainRegionNSA_FD_LGN Lateral Geniculate Nucleus,NSA.FD.LGN] LIP=[BrainRegionNPE_NC_IPS_LIP Lateral Intraparietal Sulcus,NPE.NC.IPS.LIP] MST=[BrainRegionNPE_NC_IPL_MST Medial Superior Temporal Area,NPE.NC.IPL.MST] MT=[BrainRegionNSA_NC_OCC_MT Middle Temporal Area,NSA.NC.OCC.MT] PO=[BrainRegionNSA_NC_OCC_PO Parietooccipital Area,NSA.NC.OCC.PO] Retina=[BrainRegionLPC_FD_RT Retinal Nucleus,LPC.FD.RT] TE=[BrainRegionNSA_NC_IT_TE Inferotemporal Cortex,NSA.NC.IT.TE] TEO=[BrainRegionNSA_NC_IT_TEO Preoccipital Inferotemporal Area,NSA.NC.IT.TEO] V1=[BrainRegionNSA_NC_OCC_V1 Primary Visual Cortex,NSA.NC.OCC.V1] V2=Secondary Visual Cortex,NSA.NC.OCC.V2 (see [BrainCenterNC_LOBE_OCC Occipital Lobe]) V3=Associative Visual Cortex,NPE.NC.OCC.V3 (see [BrainCenterNC_LOBE_OCC Occipital Lobe]) V4=Fusiform Gyrus,NSA.NC.OCC.V4 (see [BrainCenterNC_LOBE_OCC Occipital Lobe]) VIP=[BrainRegionNSA_NC_IPS_VIP Ventral Intraparietal Sulcus,NSA.NC.IPS.VIP] unavailable * [http://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0959438808001566-gr1.jpg Global visual system] - see [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959438808001566 Reference] (CP.GLOBAL-VISUAL-SYSTEM) ATH=Anterior Nucleus of Thalamus,FD.TH.AN (see [BrainCenterFD_TH_CR Cognitive Thalamus]) BGA=[BrainCenterFEC_FT_BG Basal Ganglia,FEC.FT.BG] FrontalCortex=Anterior Lobe,NC.LOBE.ANT LGN=[BrainRegionNSA_FD_LGN Lateral Geniculate Nucleus,NSA.FD.LGN] OPN=[BrainRegionLPC_MM_OCN Oculomotor Nucleus,LPC.MM.OCN] ParietalCortex=Parietal Lobe,NC.LOBE.PAR Pulvinar=Pulvinar,FD.PV (see [BrainCenterFD_TH_SR Sensory Thalamus]) RF=[BrainCenterHT_RF Pontine Reticular Formation,HT.RF] Retina=[BrainRegionLPC_FD_RT Retinal Nucleus,LPC.FD.RT] SCi=Superior Colliculus,MM.SC (see [BrainCenterMM_REF Reflexes Nuclei of Midbrain Mesencephalon]) SCs=Superior Colliculus,MM.SC (see [BrainCenterMM_REF Reflexes Nuclei of Midbrain Mesencephalon]) SNc=[BrainRegionFEC_FT_SNC_LT Substantia Nigra Pars Compacta Lateral,FEC.FT.SNC.LT] SNr=[BrainRegionFEC_FT_SNR_DL Substantia Nigra Pars Reticulata Dorsolateral,FEC.FT.SNR.DL] SpinalCord=Lamina IX,SC.VH.L9 (see [BrainCenterSC_VH Anterior/Ventral Horn]) Striatum=Striatum,FEC.FT.ST (see [BrainCenterFEC_FT_BG Basal Ganglia]) VisualCortex=[BrainCenterNC_LOBE_OCC Occipital Lobe,NC.LOBE.OCC] unavailable * [http://usvn.ahuman.org/svn/ahwiki/images/wiki/research/biomodel/visual-streams.jpg 3 Visual Cortex Paths] - see [article:Biological/2008-dorsal-stream.pdf Reference] (CP.BASE-VISUAL-CORTEX-FLOWS) IPL=[BrainCenterNC_IPL Inferior Parietal Lobule,NC.IPL] IPS=[BrainCenterNSA_NC_IPS Intraparietal Sulcus,NSA.NC.IPS] IT=[BrainCenterNSA_NC_IT Inferotemporal Area,NSA.NC.IT] LPC=Mid-Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex,NDM.NC.AL.DLPFC (see [BrainCenterNC_AL_LPFC Lateral Prefrontal Cortex]) MI=[BrainRegionNMA_NC_MC Motor Cortex,NMA.NC.MC] OCC=[BrainCenterNC_LOBE_OCC Occipital Lobe,NC.LOBE.OCC] SPL=[BrainCenterNC_SPL Superior Parietal Lobule,NC.SPL] dPM=Dorsal Premotor Cortex,MCA.NC.DPMC (see [BrainCenterNC_PMC Premotor Cortex]) pre-SMA=[BrainCenterNMA_NC_SMC Supplementary Motor Cortex,NMA.NC.SMC] vPM=Ventral Premotor Cortex,MCA.NC.VPMC (see [BrainCenterNC_PMC Premotor Cortex]) unavailable * [http://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S1053810011000080-gr3.jpg Cortico-Cortical Connectivity] - see [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053810011000080 Reference] (CL.CORTICO-CORTICAL-CONNECTIVITY) A1=[BrainRegionNSA_NC_TTG_A1 Primary Auditory Cortex,NSA.NC.TTG.A1] AA=[BrainRegionNSA_NC_STG_A3 Wernicke's area A3,NSA.NC.STG.A3] M1=[BrainRegionNMA_NC_MC Motor Cortex,NMA.NC.MC] MA=[BrainCenterNC_PMC Premotor Cortex,NC.PMC] PFC=Prefrontal Cortex,NC.AL.PFC PTHA=[BrainCenterNC_IPL Inferior Parietal Lobule,NC.IPL] S1=[BrainRegionNCP_NC_PG_S1 Primary Somatosensory Cortex,NCP.NC.PG.S1] SA=[BrainRegionNCP_NC_SPL_SA Somatosensory Association Cortex,NCP.NC.SPL.SA] V1=[BrainRegionNSA_NC_OCC_V1 Primary Visual Cortex,NSA.NC.OCC.V1] VA=Secondary Visual Cortex,NSA.NC.OCC.V2 (see [BrainCenterNC_LOBE_OCC Occipital Lobe]) unavailable * [http://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0028393205003568-gr1.jpg Postero-lateral and medial views of hemisphere of human] - see [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028393205003568 Reference] (CM.PARIETAL-OVERVIEW) IPL=[BrainRegionNPE_NC_IPL_MST Medial Superior Temporal Area,NPE.NC.IPL.MST] unavailable * [http://cercor.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/02/28/cercor.bhs048/F9.medium.gif IPL Receptors] - see [http://cercor.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/02/28/cercor.bhs048/F9.expansion.html Reference] (CM.PARIETAL-IPL-RECEPTORS) IPL=[BrainRegionNPE_NC_IPL_MST Medial Superior Temporal Area,NPE.NC.IPL.MST] unavailable = References = (generated) * http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763409002061 * http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Head_direction_cells * http://www.hindawi.com/journals/nri/2012/719056 * 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 * article:Biological/2008-dorsal-stream.pdf * http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053810011000080 * http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028393205003568 * http://cercor.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/02/28/cercor.bhs048/F9.expansion.html