occipital place area
Acronym: OPA
The term occipital place area refers to a functionally defined area near the transverse occipital sulcus on the dorsolateral aspect of the occipital lobe in humans. Identified by fMRI activation in individuals performing a task that involves viewing and describing a scene showing both boundary information, like walls of a room, and objects in the scene ( Kamps-2016 )

Also known as: No other name for this structure has appeared in PubMed.NeuroNames ID : 4677


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