Posterior Inferotemporal Cortex

Hierarchy level in atlas is 4: 3 superstructures include it.

abbreviation: PIT
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Abbreviation

PIT

Species

Macaque

Description of part

A subdivision of IT, which is not specifically defined here. Its ventral and dorsal subparts are dissociated from the neighboring posterior inferotemporal cortex on (rough) topography (PIT and not CIT) and laminar organization of projections back to V4 (Van Essen et. al., 1991).

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
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&...
Tree of Posterior Inferotemporal Cortex ?
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