Tompa Tamas, Sáry Gyula
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, H-6720, Szeged, Dóm tér 10, Hungary.
Brain Res Rev. 2010 Mar;62(2):165-82. doi: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2009.10.001. Epub 2009 Oct 21.
In our review, we summarize recent advances in the research of the inferior temporal cortex (ITC) of the macaque monkey. This area of the cortex is known to have a crucial role in visual shape recognition and is regarded as being at the end stage of the so-called ventral visual pathway. In the last decade, several new findings appeared in the field without being integrated in a coherent view about the function, position, and operating principles of the area. During this decade, experimental techniques developed a great deal, and the way we look at the brain and brain function changed too. In this review, we try to integrate knowledge about the ITC to the changing view about the brain while outlining the work that has been done in the last decade.
在本综述中，我们总结了猕猴颞下皮质（ITC）研究的最新进展。已知该皮质区域在视觉形状识别中起关键作用，被认为处于所谓腹侧视觉通路的末端。在过去十年中，该领域出现了一些新发现，但尚未整合形成关于该区域功能、位置和运作原理的连贯观点。在这十年间，实验技术有了很大发展，我们看待大脑和脑功能的方式也发生了变化。在本综述中，我们试图将关于ITC的知识与对大脑不断变化的观点相结合，同时概述过去十年所做的工作。
