occipital cortex (OCX)

The term occipital cortex (OCX) refers to the set of areas of cerebral cortex (CTX) defined on the basis of internal structure that comprise most of the occipital lobe (OLB). Its boundaries do not coincide precisely with those of the OLB, which is defined on the basis of external landmarks. It is found in the human ( Carpenter-1983 ) and macaque ( Martin-2000 ). It is not found in the smooth CTX of rat ( Swanson-2004 ) or mouse ( AMBA-2024 ).

Also known as: occipital cortex

NeuroNames ID: 3614

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occipital cortex

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English

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human

Source:

Zilles-2012

Citation:

Chapter 23 in The Human Nervous System, Third Edition, JK Mai and G Paxinos (Eds.), pp. 836-895, Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Source Title:

Architecture of the Cerebral Cortex

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OCX

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acronym

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Unspecified

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NeuroNames

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University of Washington, Seattle, WA

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NeuroNames

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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'.