area F2vr

The term area F2vr refers to the more ventral and rostral of two areas of the caudal part of dorsal premotor cortex (F2) in the macaque ( Matelli-2004 ). The smaller of the two, it occupies the ventrorostral corner of the caudal part. It is defined on the basis of internal structure, connections and function. Its major inputs are from area MIP and area V6A with a minor projection from area 46 of Walker. Neurons there respond to visual and tactile as well as proprioceptive stimulation. Individual neurons integrate information about target location and the arm to be used in a reaching task. The more dorsal of the two areas is area F2d.

Also known as: area F2vr

NeuroNames ID: 3172

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Name:

area F2vr

Language:

English

Organism:

macaque

Source:

Matelli-2004

Citation:

Chapter 26 in The Human Nervous System, G. Paxinos and J. Mai (Eds.). Amsterdam: Elsevier Academic Press, 2004.

Source Title:

Motor Cortex

Name:

F2vr

Language:

acronym

Organism:

macaque

Source:

Matelli-1986

Citation:

J Comp Neurol 1986 Sep 15;251(3):281-98

Source Title:

Afferent and efferent projections of the inferior area 6 in the macaque monkey

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Topographic Model of Human Cerebral Cortex

The topographic model of human cerebral cortex is a closed partitive hierarchical model of cerebral cortical structure in the human. The cerebral cortex is segmented on the basis of internal structure, connectivity, and/or functions of cortical areas. It is designed to update the comprehensive early twentieth century parcellations of Brodmann and of von Economo and Koskinas and their successors. A work in progress, it integrates the most authoritative, comprehensive, and recent parcellations and nomenclatures from peer-reviewed publications and neuroanatomical texts. For an equivalent model in the rodent, Search BrainInfo for ' Functional CNS Model - Rat '. This segmentation of the human cerebral cortex, based on a combination of internal structure, connectivity, and function, complements the classical segmentation of the cerebral cortex into lobes, lobules, and gyri based on sulcal patterns: For the classical segmentation, see ' cerebral cortex ' and click 'Locus in Brain Hierarchy'.