Lateral Intraparietal Sulcus

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This page covers biological details of component Lateral Intraparietal Sulcus. Region is part of aHuman target integrated biological model.

Top-down path to region: Cortex -> Parietal Lobe (NC.LOBE.PAR) -> Intraparietal Sulcus (NSA.NC.IPS) -> Posterior Eye Field (NPE.NC.IPS.PEF) -> Lateral Intraparietal Sulcus (NPE.NC.IPS.LIP) (see Mind Maps)
Type: cortex
Brain area: Neocortical Brain - Polymodal Execution Area
Brodmann ID: 39
Role: processor
Function: Representing saliency of spatial locations, and attention to locations
Notes to function: Targeting eye movements

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Components

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Connectivity

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Inbound Region Connections:

Source Area	Source Region	Source Name	Type	Reference
NPE	NPE.NC.OCC.V3D	Dorsal Associative Visual Cortex	feedforward-glu	[Control of Grasping (VC -> PIP, abstract)]
NSA	NSA.NC.OCC.MT	Middle Temporal Area	feedforward-glu	[from Retina to Parietal Cortex and IT (MT -> LIP)]
	NSA.NC.OCC.PO	Parietooccipital Area	feedforward-glu	[Association Cortex (V6 -> LIP)]

Outbound Region Connections:

Target Area	Target Region	Target Name	Type	Reference
LRC	LRC.MM.CJ	Cajal Nucleus	excitatory-glu	[Components (VAC -> SOA, abstract)]
	LRC.MM.RIMLF	Rostral Interstitial Nucleus of MLF	excitatory-glu	[Components (VAC -> SOA, abstract)]
	LRC.MM.SC.SUP	Superficial Superior Colliculus	excitatory-glu	[of eye movement control (PEF -> SC, abstract)]
NMA	NMA.NC.PMC.CFEF	Caudal Frontal Eye Field	feedforward-glu	[of eye movement control (PEF -> FEF, abstract)]
	NMA.NC.PMC.F7	Dorsal Rostral Premotor Cortex	feedforward-glu	[visual system (ParietalCortex -> FrontalCortex, abstract)]
NSA	NSA.NC.IPS.AIP	Anterior Intraparietal Sulcus	feedforward-glu	[Control of Grasping (PIP -> AIP, abstract)]