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Comment
. 2018 Jan 8;28(1):R17-R19.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.11.006.

Visual Cortex: The Eccentric Area Prostriata in the Human Brain

Marco Tamietto  1 , David A Leopold  2
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Visual Cortex: The Eccentric Area Prostriata in the Human Brain

Marco Tamietto et al. Curr Biol. .

Abstract

Human area Prostriata is a small, unstudied portion of the visual brain set deep in the calcarine sulcus, next to V1. A recent neuroimaging study in humans indicates that this area is specialized to respond to rapidly moving stimuli in the far periphery, consistent with single-unit responses in other mammals.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Area Prostriata in the Monkeys and Human Brain
(A) Topographical relationships of V1, V2 and Prostriata (P) in non-primate and primate brain displaying the comparative reduction of Prostriata in primates. (B) Location of V1, V2 and Prostriata in the monkey (macaque) and human brain. (C) Examples of Receptive Field (RF) sizes of typical neuron in V1 and Prostriata. RF sizes increase with eccentricity in V1, whereas they remain relatively constant and comparatively large in Prostriata
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Comment on

  • Area Prostriata in the Human Brain.
    Mikellidou K, Kurzawski JW, Frijia F, Montanaro D, Greco V, Burr DC, Morrone MC. Mikellidou K, et al. Curr Biol. 2017 Oct 9;27(19):3056-3060.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.08.065. Epub 2017 Sep 28. Curr Biol. 2017. PMID: 28966090

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