Relative sizes of cortical visual areas in marmosets: functional and phylogenetic implications.
Visual areas V1, V2 and MT (V5) were identified through myeloarchitectonic criteria and their sizes estimated in a flattened map of caudal cerebral cortex in the marmoset Callithrix penicillata. The ratio MT/V1 in this species is similar to values reported for other species of primates, but the ratio V2/V1 in Callithrix penicillata is smaller than that in macaques and larger than that in Aotus. The possible implications of these results are discussed.
Pessoa
V F
VF
Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade de Brasília, DF, Brasil.
Abrahão
J C
JC
Pacheco
R A
RA
Pereira
L C
LC
Magalhães-Castro
B
B
Saraiva
P E
PE
D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002144:Callithrix; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009186:Myelin Sheath / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010802:Phylogeny; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology