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Brain: Frontal eye fields |
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Frontal eye fields is roughly equivalent to regions (at upper left) #6, #8 (in particular), and
#9 |
Dorlands/Elsevier |
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The frontal eye fields (FEF) is a region located in the dorsolateral frontal
cortex of the primate brain reported to be activated during the initiation of
eye movements, such as voluntary saccades and
pursuit eye movements. The FEF constitutes together with the supplementary eye fields (SEF) and the intraparietal
sulcus (IPS) one of the three most important cortical areas involved in the
generation of eye movements.
See also
The frontal eye fields show weak topographic organization, unlike the superior colliculus and parietal cortex that are also
involved in saccadic eye movements.
References
- Berman, R. A. et al. (1999). "Cortical networks subserving pursuit and saccadic eye movements
in humans: an FMRI study". Human brain mapping 8 (4): 209-25. PMID 10619415.
Brain: telencephalon (cerebrum,
cerebral cortex, cerebral
hemispheres) |
Primary sulci/fissures |
Medial
longitudinal, Lateral, Central,
Parietoöccipital, Calcarine,
Cingulate, Callosal Collateral fissure |
Frontal lobe |
Precentral gyrus (Primary motor cortex,
4), Precentral sulcus, Superior frontal gyrus/Frontal eye fields (6, 8, 9),
Middle frontal gyrus (46),
Inferior frontal gyrus (44-Pars opercularis, 45-Pars triangularis), Orbitofrontal cortex (10, 11, 12, 47) |
Parietal lobe |
Somatosensory cortex (Primary (1, 2, 3, 43), Secondary (5)), Precuneus
(7m), Parietal lobules (Superior
(7l), Inferior (40)), Angular gyrus (39), Intraparietal sulcus, Marginal sulcus |
Occipital lobe |
Primary
visual cortex (17), Cuneus, Lingual gyrus,
18, 19 - Lateral occipital sulcus |
Temporal lobe |
Primary auditory
cortex (41, 42),
Superior temporal gyrus (38,
22), Middle temporal gyrus
(21), Inferior temporal gyrus
(20), Fusiform gyrus (37) Medial temporal lobe (Amygdala, Hippocampus, Parahippocampal gyrus (27, 28, 34, 35,
36) |
Cingulate cortex/gyrus |
Subgenual
area (25), anterior cingulate
(24, 32, 33), Posterior cingulate (23, 31), Retrosplenial
cortex (26, 29, 30), Supracallosal gyrus |
white matter tracts |
Corpus callosum
(Splenium, Genu, Rostrum, Tapetum), Septum pellucidum, Ependyma, Internal capsule, Corona radiata, External capsule, Olfactory tract, Fornix (Commissure of fornix), Anterior commissure, Posterior commissure
Terminal stria |
Basal ganglia |
Striatum
(Putamen,Caudate nucleus, Nucleus accumbens), Globus pallidus, Claustrum, Subthalamic nucleus, Substantia nigra |
Other |
Insular cortex
Olfactory bulb, Anterior olfactory
nucleus Septal nuclei Basal optic
nucleus of Meynert |
Some categorizations are approximations,
and some Brodmann areas span gyri. |
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