Medial Dorsal Parietal

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

abbreviation: MDP

Abbreviation

MDP

Species

Macaque

Description of part

Areas MIP (medial intraparietal) and MDP (medial dorsal parietal) have been identified on the basis of their connections with area PO (Colby et al., 1988). Collator note: See Table 1, pages 6-7. MDP is defined in Colby, Gattass, Olson & Gross, 1988 and 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