Lateral Intraprietal

Hierarchy level in atlas is 3: 2 superstructures include it.

abbreviation: LIP

Abbreviation

LIP

Species

Macaque

Description of part

LIP (lateral intraparietal) lies in the lateral bank of the intraparietal sulcus, in between VIP and area 7a (Andersen et al., 1985). Collator note: See Table 1, pages 6-7. LIP is defined in Andersen, Asanuma & Cowan, 1985, Andersen, Asanuma, Essick & Siegel, 1990 and Blatt, Andersen & Stoner, 1990 with significant uncertainties in both identification and border assignments (qualitative assessment of authors).

Part type

gray matter

Nomenclature

Felleman & van Essen

Endorsement

The approach used by the collator Mihail Bota is not endorsed by the author of the nomenclature.

Reference

Author: Felleman D.J. & Van Essen D.C.
Title: Distributed hierarchical processing in the primate cerebral cortex
Title of Book: Cereb Cortex
Volume: 1
Year: 1991
Number: 1
Pages: 1-47