Posterior Parietal Association Areas

Hierarchy level in atlas is 7: 6 superstructures include it.

abbreviation: PTLp

Abbreviation

PTLp

Species

Rat

Description of part

This region appears to lie between unimodal somatosensory and visual areas and receives inputs from the lateral posterior nucleus, to this extent it may correspond to posterior parietal association areas in primates and other mammals, see Hughes 1977, Mil

Part type

gray matter

Nomenclature

Swanson-2004

Endorsement

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

Reference

Author: Swanson L.W.
Title of Book: Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain. Third Edition
Year: 2004
Pages: 166-179
Edition: third
Publisher: Elsevier