Visual Cortex

"Visual Cortex" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Area of the OCCIPITAL LOBE concerned with the processing of visual information relayed via VISUAL PATHWAYS.

Descriptor ID	D014793
MeSH Number(s)	A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.571.735 A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.814.953
Concept/Terms	Visual Cortex Visual Cortex Cortex, Visual Striate Cortex Striate Cortex Cortex, Striate Visual Cortex Primary Cortex Primaries, Visual Cortex Primary, Visual Primaries, Visual Cortex Primary, Visual Cortex Visual Cortex Primaries Primary Visual Cortex Cortex, Primary Visual Cortices, Primary Visual Primary Visual Cortices Visual Cortex, Primary Visual Cortices, Primary Extrastriate Cortex Extrastriate Cortex Cortex, Extrastriate Cortices, Extrastriate Extrastriate Cortices

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Anatomy [A]
Nervous System [A08]
Central Nervous System [A08.186]
Brain [A08.186.211]
Prosencephalon [A08.186.211.730]
Telencephalon [A08.186.211.730.885]
Cerebrum [A08.186.211.730.885.287]
Cerebral Cortex [A08.186.211.730.885.287.500]
Occipital Lobe [A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.571]
Visual Cortex [A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.571.735]
Sensorimotor Cortex [A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.814]
Visual Cortex [A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.814.953]

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Bar chart showing 32 publications over 22 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2003 and 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
1997	0	1	1
1998	1	0	1
2000	1	1	2
2001	1	1	2
2002	2	0	2
2003	1	2	3
2005	0	1	1
2007	1	0	1
2008	2	0	2
2010	1	0	1
2014	3	0	3
2015	2	0	2
2016	1	0	1
2017	0	1	1
2018	1	0	1
2019	0	1	1
2020	0	1	1
2021	1	0	1
2022	1	0	1
2023	1	0	1
2024	1	1	2

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Pang Y, Bang JW, Kasi A, Li J, Parra C, Fieremans E, Wollstein G, Schuman JS, Wang M, Chan KC. Contributions of Brain Microstructures and Metabolism to Visual Field Loss Patterns in Glaucoma Using Archetypal and Information Gain Analyses. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2024 07 01; 65(8):15.

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Xiao W, Sharma S, Kreiman G, Livingstone MS. Feature-selective responses in macaque visual cortex follow eye movements during natural vision. Nat Neurosci. 2024 Jun; 27(6):1157-1166.

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Bang JW, Parra C, Yu K, Wollstein G, Schuman JS, Chan KC. GABA decrease is associated with degraded neural specificity in the visual cortex of glaucoma patients. Commun Biol. 2023 06 29; 6(1):679.

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Herz N, Bar-Haim Y, Tavor I, Tik N, Sharon H, Holmes EA, Censor N. Neuromodulation of Visual Cortex Reduces the Intensity of Intrusive Memories. Cereb Cortex. 2022 01 10; 32(2):408-417.

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Chan RW, Won Bang J, Trivedi V, Murphy MC, Liu P, Wollstein G, Schuman JS, Chan KC. Relationships between cerebrovascular reactivity, visual-evoked functional activity, and resting-state functional connectivity in the visual cortex and basal forebrain in glaucoma. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2021 11; 2021:4037-4040.

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Kolomeyer NN, Drinkwater OJ, Drivas E, Zakik A, Zemon V, Sidoti PA, Tsai JC, Panarelli JF. Utility of the Modified Isolated-check Visual Evoked Potential Technique in Functional Glaucoma Assessment. J Glaucoma. 2020 04; 29(4):258-263.

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Faiq MA, Wollstein G, Schuman JS, Chan KC. Cholinergic nervous system and glaucoma: From basic science to clinical applications. Prog Retin Eye Res. 2019 09; 72:100767.

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Bakken TE, Hodge RD, Miller JA, Yao Z, Nguyen TN, Aevermann B, Barkan E, Bertagnolli D, Casper T, Dee N, Garren E, Goldy J, Graybuck LT, Kroll M, Lasken RS, Lathia K, Parry S, Rimorin C, Scheuermann RH, Schork NJ, Shehata SI, Tieu M, Phillips JW, Bernard A, Smith KA, Zeng H, Lein ES, Tasic B. Single-nucleus and single-cell transcriptomes compared in matched cortical cell types. PLoS One. 2018; 13(12):e0209648.

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Recktenwald EW, Dudkin EA, Skorina LK, Saidel WM, Gruberg ER. Connections of Anterior Thalamic Visual Centers in the Leopard Frog, Rana pipiens. Brain Behav Evol. 2017; 90(4):265-275.

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Murphy MC, Conner IP, Teng CY, Lawrence JD, Safiullah Z, Wang B, Bilonick RA, Kim SG, Wollstein G, Schuman JS, Chan KC. Retinal Structures and Visual Cortex Activity are Impaired Prior to Clinical Vision Loss in Glaucoma. Sci Rep. 2016 08 11; 6:31464.

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