extrastriatum

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English

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Etymology

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From extra- +‎ striatum.

Noun

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extrastriatum (plural extrastriata)

  1. The region outside of the corpus striatum
    • 2015 August 1, “In Vivo Voltage-Sensitive Dye Study of Lateral Spreading of Cortical Activity in Mouse Primary Visual Cortex Induced by a Current Impulse”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      In the case of the weaker stimulus, this expansion was spatially limited, whereas in the case of the stronger stimulus, the foci kept expanding, fused together and covered a wide cortical area including V1 and the extrastriatum.