inferior occipital white matter ( iow )
The term inferior occipital white matter refers to the part of occipital white matter that is located deep to the inferior occipital gyrus on the ventrolateral aspect of the occipital lobe. Defined by dissection and stains for myelin, it is found in the human ( Oishi-2009 ) and the macaque ( NeuroNames ). Equivalent structures are not found in the smooth cerebral cortex of the rat or mouse ( NeuroNames ).
Also known as
| Name | Language | Source | Source Citation | Source Title | Organism |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| inferior occipital white matter | English | Oishi-2009 | NeuroImage. 2009 Jun; 46(2):486-499 | Atlas-based whole brain white matter analysis using large deformation diffeomorphic metric mapping: Application to normal elderly and Alzheimer's disease participants | human |
| iow | acronym | NeuroNames | University of Washington, Seattle, WA | NeuroNames | macaque |
| Substantia medullaris occipitalis inferior | Latin | NeuroNames-2000 | NeuroNames is used as a term's source if no published source of the term has been found. In most cases, the term is an English translation of a commonly used Latin term. In some cases it is a Latin translation of an English term for which no published Latin equivalent has been found. Latin roots of words not found in the neuroanatomical literature are derived from Cassell's Latin Dictionary (Simpson-59). | Unspecified |