Medial Superior Temporal
Hierarchy level in atlas is 3: 2 superstructures include it.
abbreviation: MSTAbbreviation
MST
Species
Macaque
Description of part
MST as originally identified as the region receiving direct inputs from MT and lying near the fundus of the STS (Maunsell and Van Essen, 1983). As initially defined, MST is not a homogenous region.
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
Major subparts
Name | Type |
Medial superior temporal (lateral) | gray matter |
Medial superior temporal (dorsal) | gray matter |