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The medial parietal occipital areas in the macaque monkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2015

MICHELA GAMBERINI ,
PATRIZIA FATTORI  and
CLAUDIO GALLETTI
MICHELA GAMBERINI
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
PATRIZIA FATTORI
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
CLAUDIO GALLETTI*
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
*
*Address correspondence to: Prof. Claudio Galletti, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Piazza di Porta S. Donato, 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy. E-mail: claudio.galletti@unibo.it
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Abstract

The number, location, extent, and functional properties of the cortical areas that occupy the medial parieto-occipital cortex (mPOC) have been, and still is, a matter of scientific debate. The mPOC is a convoluted region of the brain that presents a high level of individual variability, and the fact that many areas of mPOC are located within very deep sulci further limits the possibility to investigate their anatomo-functional properties. In the present review, we summarize the location and extent of mPOC areas in the macaque brain as obtained by architectural, connectional, and functional data. The different approaches lead to a subdivision of mPOC that includes areas V2, V3, V6, V6Av, and V6Ad. Extrastriate areas V2 and V3 occupy the posterior wall of the parieto-occipital sulcus (POs). The fundus of POs and the ventralmost part of the anterior wall of the sulcus are occupied by a retinotopically organized visual area, called V6, which represents the contralateral part of the visual field and emphasizes its periphery. The remaining part of the anterior wall of POs is occupied by two areas, V6Av and V6Ad, which contain visual as well as arm reaching neurons. Our analyses suggest that areas V6 and V6Av, together, occupy the cortical territory previously described as area PO. Functionally, area V6 is a motion area particularly sensitive to the real motion of objects in the animal's field of view, while V6Av and V6Ad are visuomotor areas likely involved in the visual guidance of arm movement and object prehension.

Keywords

Medial posterior parietal cortexExtrastriate cortexRetinotopyNeuroanatomyarea V6area V6ADorso-medial visual stream

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Visual Neuroscience , Volume 32 , 2015 , E013
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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