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Descriptor English: Primary Visual Cortex
Descriptor Spanish: Corteza Visual Primaria
Descriptor corteza visual primaria
Entry term(s) corteza visual V1
área V1
área 17 de Brodmann
área cortical V1
Scope note: Área compuesta por partes del LÓBULO OCCIPITAL y el SURCO CALCARINO de la corteza visual en los seres humanos con conectividad directa con el CUERPO GENICULADO LATERAL. Es el órgano terminal donde se reciben los estímulos visuales en la corteza visual.
Descriptor Portuguese: Córtex Visual Primário
Descriptor French: Cortex visuel primaire
Entry term(s): Area 17, Brodmann
Area 17, Brodmann's
Area V1
Area V1, Cortical
Brodmann Area 17
Brodmann's Area 17
Brodmanns Area 17
Calcarine Cortex
Calcarine Cortices
Cortex Primary, Visual
Cortex V1, Visual
Cortex, Calcarine
Cortex, Primary Visual
Cortex, Striate
Cortical Area V1
Primary Visual Cortices
Primary, Visual Cortex
Striate Cortex
V1, Area
V1, Cortical Area
V1, Visual Cortex
Visual Cortex Primary
Visual Cortex V1
Visual Cortex, Primary
Tree number(s): A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.571.735.500
A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.814.953.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000087642
Scope note: An area comprised of parts of OCCIPITAL LOBE and the CALCARINE SULCUS of the visual cortex in humans with direct connectivity to the LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS. It is the end organ where visual stimuli are received in the visual cortex.
Annotation: do not confuse entry term STRIATE CORTEX with CORPUS STRIATUM (basal ganglia)
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2022; see VISUAL CORTEX 1979-2021
History Note: 2022(1979)
DeCS ID: 59652
Unique ID: D000087642
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2022/01/01
Date of Entry: 2021/07/09
Revision Date: 2021/07/01
Primary Visual Cortex - Narrower
Concept UI M0022777
Scope note An area comprised of parts of OCCIPITAL LOBE and the CALCARINE SULCUS of the visual cortex in humans with direct connectivity to the LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS. It is the end organ where visual stimuli are received in the visual cortex.
Preferred term Primary Visual Cortex
Entry term(s) Area 17, Brodmann
Area 17, Brodmann's
Area V1
Area V1, Cortical
Brodmann Area 17
Brodmann's Area 17
Brodmanns Area 17
Calcarine Cortex
Calcarine Cortices
Cortex Primary, Visual
Cortex V1, Visual
Cortex, Calcarine
Cortex, Primary Visual
Cortex, Striate
Cortical Area V1
Primary Visual Cortices
Primary, Visual Cortex
Striate Cortex
V1, Area
V1, Cortical Area
V1, Visual Cortex
Visual Cortex Primary
Visual Cortex V1
Visual Cortex, Primary



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