Middle Temporal
Hierarchy level in atlas is 3: 2 superstructures include it.
abbreviation: MTAbbreviation
MT
Species
Macaque
Description of part
Collator note: See Table 1, pages 6-7. V3 is defined in Van Essen, Maunsell & Bixby 1981, Desimone & Ungerleider, 1986 and Maunsell & Van Essen with high degree of confidence in region identification and well-defined borders (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 
 
			
		
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
		
    
                
            - Projection Strength
- V4 transitional exists
- Visual area V3 exists
- Ventral posterior exists
- Visual area V1 exists
- Visual area V2 exists
- Visual area V3A exists
- Visual area V4 exists
- Floor of superior temporal exists
- Lateral intraprietal exists
- Parieto-occipital exists
- Ventral intraparietal exists
- Medial superior temporal (lateral) exists
- Medial superior temporal (dorsal) exists
- Posterior intraparietal exists
 
                     
                    