BrainRegionNSA NC OCC MT

Middle Temporal Area

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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 -> Occipital Lobe (NC.LOBE.OCC) -> Middle Temporal Area (NSA.NC.OCC.MT) (see Mind Maps)
• Type: cortex
• Quality: L0
• Brain area: 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

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Components

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Connectivity

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Inbound Region Connections:

Source Area	Source Region	Source Name	Type	Role	Reference
NPE	NPE.NC.OCC.V3D	Dorsal Associative Visual Cortex	feedforward-glu	uncertain	Paths from Retina to Parietal Cortex and IT (V3 -> MT, abstract)
NSA	NSA.NC.OCC.V1	Primary Visual Cortex	feedforward-glu	uncertain	Paths from Retina to Parietal Cortex and IT (V1 -> MT)
	NSA.NC.OCC.V2TK	Secondary Visual Cortex, Thick Stripe	feedforward-glu	uncertain	Paths from Retina to Parietal Cortex and IT (V2 -> MT, abstract)
	NSA.NC.OCC.V4D	Dorsal Visual Area V4	feedforward-glu	uncertain	Paths from Retina to Parietal Cortex and IT (V4 -> MT, abstract)

Outbound Region Connections:

Target Area	Target Region	Target Name	Type	Role	Reference
NPE	NPE.NC.IPL.MST	Medial Superior Temporal Area	feedforward-glu	uncertain	Paths from Retina to Parietal Cortex and IT (MT -> MST)
	NPE.NC.IPS.LIP	Lateral Intraparietal Sulcus	feedforward-glu	uncertain	Paths from Retina to Parietal Cortex and IT (MT -> LIP)
	NPE.NC.SPL.PG	Caudal Precuneus	feedforward-glu	uncertain	Parietal Association Cortex (V5A -> 7a)
NSA	NSA.NC.IPS.VIP	Ventral Intraparietal Sulcus	feedforward-glu	uncertain	Paths from Retina to Parietal Cortex and IT (MT -> VIP)
	NSA.NC.STG.A4	Wernicke's area A4	feedforward-glu	uncertain	Category-Selectivity Paradigm (IOG -> STS, abstract)

Thirdparty Circuits

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• Category-Selectivity Paradigm - see Reference (CT.CATEGORY-SELECTIVITY)

FFA=Fusiform Gyrus,NSA.NC.OCC.V4 (see Occipital Lobe)
IOG=Middle Temporal Area,NSA.NC.OCC.MT
PPA=Parahippocampal Lobe,NC.LOBE.PH
RS=Retrosplenial Cortex,NCP.NC.MPL.RSC
STS=Superior Temporal Gyrus,NC.STG
V1=Primary Visual Cortex,NSA.NC.OCC.V1

• Visual perception abstraction - see Reference (CP.VISUAL-PERCEPTION-ABSTRACTION)

FEF=Frontal Eye Field,NMA.NC.PMC.FEF (see Premotor Cortex)
IT=Inferotemporal Area,NSA.NC.IT
LGN=Lateral Geniculate Nucleus,NSA.FD.LGN
OCC=Occipital Lobe,NC.LOBE.OCC
Prestriate=Associative Visual Cortex,NPE.NC.OCC.V3 (see Occipital Lobe)
Pulvinar=Pulvinar,FD.PV (see Sensory Thalamus)
Retina=Retinal Nucleus,LPC.FD.RT
SC=Superior Colliculus,MM.SC (see Reflexes Nuclei of Midbrain Mesencephalon)

• Parietal Association Cortex - see Reference (CP.VISUAL-PARIETAL-ASSOCIATION-CORTEX)

7a=Caudal Precuneus,NPE.NC.SPL.PG
7b=Rostral Precuneus,NPE.NC.SPL.PF
AIP=Anterior Intraparietal Sulcus,NSA.NC.IPS.AIP
LGB=Lateral Geniculate Nucleus,NSA.FD.LGN
LIP=Lateral Intraparietal Sulcus,NPE.NC.IPS.LIP
TE=Inferotemporal Cortex,NSA.NC.IT.TE
TEO=Preoccipital Inferotemporal Area,NSA.NC.IT.TEO
V1=Primary Visual Cortex,NSA.NC.OCC.V1
V2=Secondary Visual Cortex,NSA.NC.OCC.V2 (see Occipital Lobe)
V3A=Associative Visual Cortex,NPE.NC.OCC.V3 (see Occipital Lobe)
V3d=Associative Visual Cortex,NPE.NC.OCC.V3 (see Occipital Lobe)
V3v=Associative Visual Cortex,NPE.NC.OCC.V3 (see Occipital Lobe)
V4=Fusiform Gyrus,NSA.NC.OCC.V4 (see Occipital Lobe)
V5=Middle Temporal Area,NSA.NC.OCC.MT
V5A=Middle Temporal Area,NSA.NC.OCC.MT
V6=Parietooccipital Area,NSA.NC.OCC.PO
VIP=Ventral Intraparietal Sulcus,NSA.NC.IPS.VIP
cIPS=Posterior Eye Field,NPE.NC.IPS.PEF (see Intraparietal Sulcus)

• Paths from Retina to Parietal Cortex and IT - see Reference (CP.PRIMARY-VISUAL-FORWARD-FLOWS)

7a=Caudal Precuneus,NPE.NC.SPL.PG
LGN=Lateral Geniculate Nucleus,NSA.FD.LGN
LIP=Lateral Intraparietal Sulcus,NPE.NC.IPS.LIP
MST=Medial Superior Temporal Area,NPE.NC.IPL.MST
MT=Middle Temporal Area,NSA.NC.OCC.MT
PO=Parietooccipital Area,NSA.NC.OCC.PO
Retina=Retinal Nucleus,LPC.FD.RT
TE=Inferotemporal Cortex,NSA.NC.IT.TE
TEO=Preoccipital Inferotemporal Area,NSA.NC.IT.TEO
V1=Primary Visual Cortex,NSA.NC.OCC.V1
V2=Secondary Visual Cortex,NSA.NC.OCC.V2 (see Occipital Lobe)
V3=Associative Visual Cortex,NPE.NC.OCC.V3 (see Occipital Lobe)
V4=Fusiform Gyrus,NSA.NC.OCC.V4 (see Occipital Lobe)
VIP=Ventral Intraparietal Sulcus,NSA.NC.IPS.VIP

• Functional View of Visual Perception - see Reference (CP.VISUAL-FUNCTIONAL-VIEW)

LGN=Lateral Geniculate Nucleus,NSA.FD.LGN
PG=Intraparietal Sulcus,NSA.NC.IPS
TE=Inferotemporal Area,NSA.NC.IT
V1=Primary Visual Cortex,NSA.NC.OCC.V1
V2=Secondary Visual Cortex,NSA.NC.OCC.V2 (see Occipital Lobe)
V3=Associative Visual Cortex,NPE.NC.OCC.V3 (see Occipital Lobe)
V4=Fusiform Gyrus,NSA.NC.OCC.V4 (see Occipital Lobe)
V5=Middle Temporal Area,NSA.NC.OCC.MT

• Visual Dorsal Pathway - see Reference (CP.VISUAL-DORSAL-PATHWAY)

IPL=Inferior Parietal Lobule,NC.IPL
IT=Inferotemporal Area,NSA.NC.IT
LGN=Lateral Geniculate Nucleus,NSA.FD.LGN
MST=Medial Superior Temporal Area,NPE.NC.IPL.MST
Retina=Retinal Nucleus,LPC.FD.RT
SPL=Superior Parietal Lobule,NC.SPL
V1=Primary Visual Cortex,NSA.NC.OCC.V1
V2=Secondary Visual Cortex,NSA.NC.OCC.V2 (see Occipital Lobe)
V3=Associative Visual Cortex,NPE.NC.OCC.V3 (see Occipital Lobe)
V4=Fusiform Gyrus,NSA.NC.OCC.V4 (see Occipital Lobe)
V5=Middle Temporal Area,NSA.NC.OCC.MT
V6=Parietooccipital Area,NSA.NC.OCC.PO

References

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• 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