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Dissociation of object and spatial visual processing pathways in human extrastriate cortex. 1991

J V Haxby, and C L Grady, and B Horwitz, and L G Ungerleider, and M Mishkin, and R E Carson, and P Herscovitch, and M B Schapiro, and S I Rapoport
Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.

The existence and neuroanatomical locations of separate extrastriate visual pathways for object recognition and spatial localization were investigated in healthy young men. Regional cerebral blood flow was measured by positron emission tomography and bolus injections of H2(15)O, while subjects performed face matching, dot-location matching, or sensorimotor control tasks. Both visual matching tasks activated lateral occipital cortex. Face discrimination alone activated a region of occipitotemporal cortex that was anterior and inferior to the occipital area activated by both tasks. The spatial location task alone activated a region of lateral superior parietal cortex. Perisylvian and anterior temporal cortices were not activated by either task. These results demonstrate the existence of three functionally dissociable regions of human visual extrastriate cortex. The ventral and dorsal locations of the regions specialized for object recognition and spatial localization, respectively, suggest some homology between human and nonhuman primate extrastriate cortex, with displacement in human brain, possibly related to the evolution of phylogenetically newer cortical areas.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008251 Macaca A genus of the subfamily CERCOPITHECINAE, family CERCOPITHECIDAE, consisting of 16 species inhabiting forests of Africa, Asia, and the islands of Borneo, Philippines, and Celebes. Ape, Barbary,Ape, Black,Ape, Celebes,Barbary Ape,Black Ape,Celebes Ape,Macaque,Apes, Barbary,Apes, Black,Apes, Celebes,Barbary Apes,Black Apes,Celebes Apes,Macacas,Macaques
D008297 Male Males
D009778 Occipital Lobe Posterior portion of the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES responsible for processing visual sensory information. It is located posterior to the parieto-occipital sulcus and extends to the preoccipital notch. Annectant Gyrus,Calcarine Fissure,Calcarine Sulcus,Cuneate Lobule,Cuneus,Cuneus Cortex,Cuneus Gyrus,Gyrus Lingualis,Lingual Gyrus,Lunate Sulcus,Medial Occipitotemporal Gyrus,Occipital Cortex,Occipital Gyrus,Occipital Region,Occipital Sulcus,Sulcus Calcarinus,Calcarine Fissures,Calcarinus, Sulcus,Cortex, Cuneus,Cortex, Occipital,Cortices, Cuneus,Cortices, Occipital,Cuneate Lobules,Cuneus Cortices,Fissure, Calcarine,Fissures, Calcarine,Gyrus Linguali,Gyrus, Annectant,Gyrus, Cuneus,Gyrus, Lingual,Gyrus, Medial Occipitotemporal,Gyrus, Occipital,Linguali, Gyrus,Lingualis, Gyrus,Lobe, Occipital,Lobes, Occipital,Lobule, Cuneate,Lobules, Cuneate,Occipital Cortices,Occipital Lobes,Occipital Regions,Occipitotemporal Gyrus, Medial,Region, Occipital,Regions, Occipital,Sulcus, Calcarine,Sulcus, Lunate,Sulcus, Occipital
D010104 Oxygen Radioisotopes Unstable isotopes of oxygen that decay or disintegrate emitting radiation. O atoms with atomic weights 13, 14, 15, 19, and 20 are radioactive oxygen isotopes. Radioisotopes, Oxygen
D001921 Brain The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM. Encephalon
D002560 Cerebrovascular Circulation The circulation of blood through the BLOOD VESSELS of the BRAIN. Brain Blood Flow,Regional Cerebral Blood Flow,Cerebral Blood Flow,Cerebral Circulation,Cerebral Perfusion Pressure,Circulation, Cerebrovascular,Blood Flow, Brain,Blood Flow, Cerebral,Brain Blood Flows,Cerebral Blood Flows,Cerebral Circulations,Cerebral Perfusion Pressures,Circulation, Cerebral,Flow, Brain Blood,Flow, Cerebral Blood,Perfusion Pressure, Cerebral,Pressure, Cerebral Perfusion
D004192 Discrimination, Psychological Differential response to different stimuli. Discrimination, Psychology,Psychological Discrimination
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia

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