striate cortex

  • 61peristriate area — Brodmann area 19, an area of the occipital cortex partly surrounding the striate cortex and having some functions of an association area for visual sensations …

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  • 62calbindin — Vitamin D induced calcium binding protein (28 kD) found in primate striate cortex and other neuronal tissues. Contains an EF hand motif …

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  • 63colliculus — A small elevation above the surrounding parts. [L. mound, dim. of collis, hill] c. of arytenoid cartilage [TA] the elevation on the anterolateral surface of the arytenoid cartilage above the triangular fovea. SYN: c. cartilaginis arytenoideae… …

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  • 64café wall illusion —    A term used to denote a marked wedge distortion that can be observed in horizontal rows of black and white tiles offset by half a tile width in alternating rows (a so called Münsterberg che querboard figure), with visible mortar lines in… …

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  • 65Eigengrau —    Also known as Eigenlicht, light dust, light chaos, dark light, brain light, and idioretinal light. The term Eigengrau comes from the German eigen (one s own), and grau (gray), and translates loosely as intrinsic gray . The term was introduced… …

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  • 66fortification spectrum —    Also known as fortification figure, fortification of Vauban, geometrical spectrum, herringbone, flittering scotoma, Norman arch, scintillating scotoma, telehopsia, and teichopsia. The introduction of the term fortification spectrum is commonly …

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  • 67visual projection area — n STRIATE CORTEX …

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  • 68geniculostriate — ge·nic·u·lo·stri·ate (jə nik″u lo striґāt) connecting one of the geniculate nuclei with the striate cortex …

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  • 69line of Gennari — the name given to the prominent external band of Baillarger (stria laminae granularis internae) in the region of the calcarine sulcus; because it is so highly visible, the region is called the striate cortex. Called also band, stria, or stripe of …

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  • 70superior colliculus — noun an essential visual center between the retina and the striate cortex • Hypernyms: ↑center, ↑centre, ↑nerve center, ↑nerve centre • Part Holonyms: ↑midbrain, ↑mesencephalon * * * noun …

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