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MT+ area  

Definition

  • Region of the brain located in the inferior temporal sulcus, involved in the perception and memory of movements. It is composed of the sub-region MT (middle temporal area), involved in the processing of motion in the contralateral visual field, and the subregion MST (medial superior temporal area), involved in the processing of motion in the contralateral and ipsilateral fields.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Huk, A. C., Dougherty, R. F., & Heeger, D. J. (2002). Retinotopy and functional subdivision of human areas MT and MST. The Journal of Neuroscience: The Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 22(16), 7195–7205. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.22-16-07195.2002

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
  • • Watson, J. D. G., Myers, R., Frackowiak, R. S. J., Hajnal, J. V., Woods, R. P., Mazziotta, J. C., … Zeki, S. (1993). Area V5 of the human brain: Evidence from a combined study using Positron Emission Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Cerebral Cortex, 3(2), 79–94. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/3.2.79

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-DQVDH2BN-M

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