10 Facts About Visual cortex

The area of the visual cortex that receives the sensory input from the lateral geniculate nucleus is the primary visual cortex, known as visual area 1, Brodmann area 17, or the striate cortex.

Primary visual cortex is located in and around the calcarine fissure in the occipital lobe.

Visual cortex receives its blood supply primarily from the calcarine branch of the posterior cerebral artery.

The name "striate Visual cortex" is derived from the line of Gennari, a distinctive stripe visible to the naked eye that represents myelinated axons from the lateral geniculate body terminating in layer 4 of the gray matter.

Primary visual cortex is divided into six functionally distinct layers, labeled 1 to 6.

Visual cortex information relayed to V1 is not coded in terms of spatial imagery but rather are better described as edge detection.

In contrast to layer 3, layer 6 of the visual cortex is composed of many types of neurons, and their response to visual stimuli is more complex.

In one study, the Layer 6 cells of the V2 Visual cortex were found to play a very important role in the storage of Object Recognition Memory as well as the conversion of short-term object memories into long-term memories.

Term third visual complex refers to the region of cortex located immediately in front of V2, which includes the region named visual area V3 in humans.

MT sends its major output to areas located in the Visual cortex immediately surrounding it, including areas FST, MST, and V4t .