Topographic map (Neuroanatomy)
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A topographic map is the ordered projection of one brain structure onto another, such as retinotopy, the ordered projection of the retina onto the lateral geniculated nucleus of the thalamus, and then onto the primary visual cortex, or somatotopy, the ordered projection of the body surface onto the primary sensory cortex.
References
- Kandel ER, Schwartz JH, Jessell TM 2000. Principles of Neural Science, 4th ed. McGraw-Hill, New York. ISBN 0-8385-7701-6
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