Ventral Temporal Association Areas

Hierarchy level in atlas is 5: 4 superstructures include it.

abbreviation: TEv

Abbreviation

TEv

Species

Rat

Description of part

We have recognized two distinct fields in the temporal region between the visual and auditory cortices dorsally and the perirhinal area ventrally. Krieg (1946a) appears to have regarded this entire area as ECT, more in keeping with Brodmann (1909), we suggest that the dorsal part of this region (where layer 4 is still recognizable) may correspond to temporal association cortex (perhaps in the dorsal, middle, and inferior temporal gyri of humans), and have labeled it TEv; we have retained ECT for the distinct ventral area, just dorsal to the perirhinal area, where layers 2 and 4 are quite indistinct. The architecture and connections of this region require more analysis.

Part type

gray matter

Nomenclature

Swanson-1998

Endorsement

The approach used by the collator Mihail Bota is endorsed by the author of the nomenclature.

Collator argument

The position of this brain part in hierarchy was collated from the associated reference

Reference

Author: Swanson LW
Title of Book: Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain
Year: 1998
Pages: 196-213
Edition: second
Publisher: Elsevier