Publication Date:
2000-06-17
Description:
The anterior part of the macaque inferior temporal cortex, area TE, occupies a large portion of the temporal lobe and is critical for object recognition. Thus far, no relation between anatomical subdivisions of TE and neuronal selectivity has been described. Here, we present evidence that neurons selective for three-dimensional (3D) shape are concentrated in the lower bank of the superior temporal sulcus, whereas neurons in lateral TE are generally unselective for 3D shape, though equally selective for 2D shape. These findings reveal that TE consists of at least two distinct areas, one of which processes a specific object property.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Janssen, P -- Vogels, R -- Orban, G A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2000 Jun 16;288(5473):2054-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratorium voor Neuro-en Psychofysiologie, Medical School, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven B-3000, Belgium.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10856221" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Brain Mapping
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Electrodes, Implanted
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*Form Perception
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Macaca mulatta
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Neurons/*physiology
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Temporal Lobe/*physiology
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Vision, Binocular
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Vision, Monocular
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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