#summary Middle Temporal Area @@[Home] -> [BiologicalLifeResearch] -> [BrainAreaNSA] -> [BrainRegionNSA_NC_OCC_MT] ---- This page covers biological details of component Middle Temporal Area. Region is part of aHuman target integrated biological model. * *Top-down path to region*: Cerebral Cortex -> [BrainCenterNC_LOBE_OCC Occipital Lobe] (NC.LOBE.OCC) -> [BrainRegionNSA_NC_OCC_MT Middle Temporal Area] (NSA.NC.OCC.MT) (see [OverallMindMaps Mind Maps]) * *Type*: cortex * *Quality*: L0 * *Brain area*: [BrainAreaNSA Neocortical Brain - Sensory Aggregation Area] (NSA) * *Area circuit*: Vision Movement Perception (VMV) * *Brodmann ID*: 19 * *Role*: cortex.generic * *Function*: Integration of local motion signals into global percepts * *Notes to function*: * V5, Ventro-dorsal stream, inferior occipital gyrus (generated) = Components = (generated) * no child items defined = Connectivity = (generated) http://ahuman.org/svn/ahwiki/images/dot/NSA.NC.OCC.MT.dot.png *Inbound Region Connections:* || *Source Area* || *Source Region* || *Source Name* || *Type* || *Role* || *Reference* || || [BrainAreaNPE NPE] || [BrainRegionNPE_NC_OCC_V3D NPE.NC.OCC.V3D] || Dorsal Associative Visual Cortex || 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 (V3 -> MT, abstract)] || || [BrainAreaNSA NSA] || [BrainRegionNSA_NC_OCC_V1 NSA.NC.OCC.V1] || Primary Visual Cortex || 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 (V1 -> MT)] || || || [BrainRegionNSA_NC_OCC_V2TK NSA.NC.OCC.V2TK] || Secondary Visual Cortex, Thick Stripe || 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 (V2 -> MT, abstract)] || || || [BrainRegionNSA_NC_OCC_V4D NSA.NC.OCC.V4D] || Dorsal Visual Area V4 || 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 (V4 -> MT, abstract)] || *Outbound Region Connections:* || *Target Area* || *Target Region* || *Target Name* || *Type* || *Role* || *Reference* || || [BrainAreaNPE NPE] || [BrainRegionNPE_NC_IPL_MST NPE.NC.IPL.MST] || Medial Superior 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)] || || || [BrainRegionNPE_NC_IPS_LIP NPE.NC.IPS.LIP] || Lateral Intraparietal Sulcus || 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 -> LIP)] || || || [BrainRegionNPE_NC_SPL_PG NPE.NC.SPL.PG] || Caudal Precuneus || feedforward-glu || uncertain || [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166223697010679 Parietal Association Cortex (V5A -> 7a)] || || [BrainAreaNSA NSA] || [BrainRegionNSA_NC_IPS_VIP NSA.NC.IPS.VIP] || Ventral Intraparietal Sulcus || 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 -> VIP)] || || || [BrainRegionNSA_NC_STG_A4 NSA.NC.STG.A4] || Wernicke's area A4 || feedforward-glu || uncertain || [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811905008013 Category-Selectivity Paradigm (IOG -> STS, abstract)] || = Thirdparty Circuits = (generated) * [http://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S1053811905008013-gr5.jpg Category-Selectivity Paradigm] - see [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811905008013 Reference] (CT.CATEGORY-SELECTIVITY) FFA=Fusiform Gyrus,NSA.NC.OCC.V4 (see [BrainCenterNC_LOBE_OCC Occipital Lobe]) IOG=[BrainRegionNSA_NC_OCC_MT Middle Temporal Area,NSA.NC.OCC.MT] PPA=Parahippocampal Lobe,NC.LOBE.PH RS=[BrainRegionNCP_NC_MPL_RSC Retrosplenial Cortex,NCP.NC.MPL.RSC] STS=[BrainCenterNC_STG Superior Temporal Gyrus,NC.STG] V1=[BrainRegionNSA_NC_OCC_V1 Primary Visual Cortex,NSA.NC.OCC.V1] unavailable * [http://asweknowit.ca/evcult/NatIntel/Fig12.GIF Visual perception abstraction] - see [http://asweknowit.ca/evcult/NatIntel/nat_intel.shtml Reference] (CP.VISUAL-PERCEPTION-ABSTRACTION) FEF=Frontal Eye Field,NMA.NC.PMC.FEF (see [BrainCenterNC_PMC Premotor Cortex]) IT=[BrainCenterNSA_NC_IT Inferotemporal Area,NSA.NC.IT] LGN=[BrainRegionNSA_FD_LGN Lateral Geniculate Nucleus,NSA.FD.LGN] OCC=[BrainCenterNC_LOBE_OCC Occipital Lobe,NC.LOBE.OCC] Prestriate=Associative Visual Cortex,NPE.NC.OCC.V3 (see [BrainCenterNC_LOBE_OCC Occipital Lobe]) Pulvinar=Pulvinar,FD.PV (see [BrainCenterFD_TH_SR Sensory Thalamus]) Retina=[BrainRegionLPC_FD_RT Retinal Nucleus,LPC.FD.RT] SC=Superior Colliculus,MM.SC (see [BrainCenterMM_REF Reflexes Nuclei of Midbrain Mesencephalon]) unavailable * [http://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0166223697010679-gr6.gif Parietal Association Cortex] - see [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166223697010679 Reference] (CP.VISUAL-PARIETAL-ASSOCIATION-CORTEX) 7a=[BrainRegionNPE_NC_SPL_PG Caudal Precuneus,NPE.NC.SPL.PG] 7b=[BrainRegionNPE_NC_SPL_PF Rostral Precuneus,NPE.NC.SPL.PF] AIP=[BrainRegionNSA_NC_IPS_AIP Anterior Intraparietal Sulcus,NSA.NC.IPS.AIP] LGB=[BrainRegionNSA_FD_LGN Lateral Geniculate Nucleus,NSA.FD.LGN] LIP=[BrainRegionNPE_NC_IPS_LIP Lateral Intraparietal Sulcus,NPE.NC.IPS.LIP] 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]) V3A=Associative Visual Cortex,NPE.NC.OCC.V3 (see [BrainCenterNC_LOBE_OCC Occipital Lobe]) V3d=Associative Visual Cortex,NPE.NC.OCC.V3 (see [BrainCenterNC_LOBE_OCC Occipital Lobe]) V3v=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] V5A=[BrainRegionNSA_NC_OCC_MT Middle Temporal Area,NSA.NC.OCC.MT] V6=[BrainRegionNSA_NC_OCC_PO Parietooccipital Area,NSA.NC.OCC.PO] VIP=[BrainRegionNSA_NC_IPS_VIP Ventral Intraparietal Sulcus,NSA.NC.IPS.VIP] cIPS=Posterior Eye Field,NPE.NC.IPS.PEF (see [BrainCenterNSA_NC_IPS Intraparietal Sulcus]) 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://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/a/a_02/a_02_cr/a_02_cr_vis/a_02_cr_vis_3b.jpg Functional View of Visual Perception] - see [http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/i/i_02/i_02_cr/i_02_cr_vis/i_02_cr_vis.html Reference] (CP.VISUAL-FUNCTIONAL-VIEW) LGN=[BrainRegionNSA_FD_LGN Lateral Geniculate Nucleus,NSA.FD.LGN] PG=[BrainCenterNSA_NC_IPS Intraparietal Sulcus,NSA.NC.IPS] TE=[BrainCenterNSA_NC_IT Inferotemporal Area,NSA.NC.IT] 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] 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 = References = (generated) * http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811905008013 * http://asweknowit.ca/evcult/NatIntel/nat_intel.shtml * http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166223697010679 * http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/i/i_02/i_02_cr/i_02_cr_vis/i_02_cr_vis.html * http://www.hindawi.com/journals/nri/2012/719056