The visual cortex is located in the occipital lobes (see OCCIPITAL LOBE). Because the visual pathway is partially crossed, the left visual cortex receives from the left side of each retina and represents the right visual field. The term visual cortex...

Also known as area V1 (see AREAS V1–V5), STRIATE CORTEX or area 17 (see BRODMANN’S AREAS). This is a large region of cortical tissue in the OCCIPITAL LOBE that receives direct input from the LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS. The RECEPTIVE FIELD...

The area of the visual cortex (see VISUAL CORTEX) that contains the primary visual area. The striate cortex corresponds to BRODMANN’S AREA 17. The name derives from the fact that this part of the cerebral cortex has a conspicuous white line,...

(from Greek, konis: dust, and Latin cortex: bark) Koniocortex is characterized as having a prominent granular layer (Jayer 4—see CORTICAL LAYERS). The PRIMARY SENSORY CORTEX is characterized in this way, regardless of sensory modality, and is...

The term visual cortex refers to the primary visual cortex (also known as striate cortex or V1) and extrastriate visual cortical areas such as V2, V3, V4, and V5. The primary visual cortex is anatomically equivalent to Brodmann area 17, or BA17....