Visual Area 3


Our results indicated that all parts of V4 are connected with occipital areas V2 (visual area 2), V3 (visual area 3), and V3A (visual complex V3, part A), superior temporal areas V4t (V4 transition zone), MT (medial temporal area), and FST (fundus of the superior temporal sulcus [ STS] area), inferior temporal areas TEO (cytoarchitectonic area TEO in posterior inferior temporal cortex) and TE (cytoarchitectonic area TE in anterior temporal cortex), and the frontal eye field (FEF).  

The refractive powers of corneal visual area 3, 5, 7 mm decreased when getting closer to the center of the cornea.  

Based on the visuotopic organisation and response characteristics, the cortex immediately rostral to the second visual area (V2) was subdivided into two fields: visual area 3 (V3) laterally and the occipitoparietal area (OP) medially.  

The cortical connections of visual area 3 (V3) and the ventral posterior area (VP) in the macaque monkey were studied by using combinations of retrograde and anterograde tracers.  

Whereas the region would include parts of dorsal visual area 3 (V3), V3a, and possibly other areas of other proposals, we interpret the connection pattern as reflecting a dorsomedial visual area, DM, with foveal vision represented caudolaterally and other parts of the lower and upper quadrants represented more medially and rostrally.  

The topography of the dorsal extrastriate cortex in the marmoset strongly suggests that both visual area 3 (V3) and the parietooccipital area (PO) of other primates are portions of a single visuotopic representation, DM, and calls into question the existence of visual areas with partial or quadrantic representations of the visual field..  


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