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Primary visual cortex

Name: Primary visual cortex
Is part of: visual system, occipital cortex
Has role: Visual system function
Super-category: Regional part of brain
Id: nlx_143552
Defining criteria: cyto-architecture, connectivity
Organism: mammal
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Defining Criteria: cyto-architecture, connectivity
Cyto-architecture defining Criteria: In humans, corresponds to Brodmann's area 17
Myelo-architecture defining Criteria: In humans, characterized by a prominent band of myelinated fibers in layer IV, visible to the naked eye in gross dissections.
Connectivity defining Criteria: Receives projections from the dorsal nucleus of the lateral geniculate body
Topography defining Criteria: In humans, surrounds the calcarine sulcus (Kandel, Schwarz and Jessell, Principles of Neural Science, Ed 4, pg 326)
Profile: physiology
Brain regions that send axons into this region: dorsal nucleus of lateral geniculate body
Overlaps : Brodmann area 17

Neurons in Primary visual cortex

Neocortex primary visual layer 5 callosal cell, Neocortex primary visual layer 5 corticopontine/tectal pyramidal cell are neurons that can be found in Primary visual cortex or its parts.

Parts of Primary visual cortex

Inferred outgoing projections for Primary visual cortex

The following brain regions receive axons from Primary visual cortex: Dorsal nucleus of lateral geniculate body. The statements about these projections are not made on this page, but rather are made on the pages linked here.


Notes

This page uses this default form:PONS_brain_region

Contributors

Ccdbuser, Memartone, Spatel



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Facts about Primary visual cortexRDF feed
AfferentProjectionsDorsal nucleus of lateral geniculate body  +
ConnDefiningCriteriaReceives projections from the dorsal nucleus of the lateral geniculate body
CurationStatusuncurated  +
CytoDefiningCriteriaIn humans, corresponds to Brodmann's area 17
DefiningCriteriacyto-architecture, connectivity  +
DefinitionRegion of visual cortex that receives visual input from the eyes through the lateral geniculate nuclei (Sadato et al., 1996, PMID: 8606771).
EditorialNoteNeed to determine what relates a functional area to a regional part of
EfferentProjectionsExtrastriate cortex  +
Has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki.PONS brain region  +
Has roleVisual system function  +
Idnlx_143552  +
Is part ofVisual system  +, and Occipital cortex  +
LabelPrimary visual cortex  +
ModifiedDate5 March 2013  +
MyeloDefiningCriteriaIn humans, characterized by a prominent band of myelinated fibers in layer IV, visible to the naked eye in gross dissections.
Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki.PONS brain region  +
PartiallyOverlapsWithBrodmann area 17  +
Profilephysiology  +
SpeciesMammal  +
SuperCategoryRegional part of brain  +
SynonymV1  +, and striate cortex  +
TomoDefiningCriteriaIn humans, surrounds the calcarine sulcus (Kandel, Schwarz and Jessell, Principles of Neural Science, Ed 4, pg 326)