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Inferior temporal cortex (IT)
Inferior temporal cortex (IT)
Participates mainly in the acts of noticing and remembering an object's qualities. Cells do not have a retinotopic organization. Very large receptive fields. Virtually every cell's receptive field includes the foveal region. Receives input from V4. Some cells show a preferential response to such stimuli as hands or faces.
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Infection
Anything that invades the body and reproduces. Infections can be bacteria, protozoa, fungi, or viruses. Bacteria and fungi are one celled creatures that cause many infections including strep throat, bladder infections, and some lung infections. Fungi cause “athlete’s foot” and thrush, an infection in the mouth. Protozoa are small organisms with many cells that can cause infections in the guts or in the lungs. Most healthy people do not get protozoal infections, but people with suppressed immune systems can. Viruses are not really organisms; they are tiny particles that can live only inside another cell. They reproduce by taking over a cell and causing that cell to make more virus particles, rather than doing what the cell is supposed to do. Viruses cause most colds and flu cases.
Infectious disease
Disease caused by microbes that can be passed to or among humans. It occurs when cells or molecules in a person's body stop working properly, causing symptoms of illness. Many things can make someone more susceptible to disease, including altered genes, chemicals, aging, and infections.
Infectious Disease Team
A team of physicians and nurses who help control the hospital environment to protect you against harmful sources of infection.
Infed
Infed is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): iron dextran.
Infergen
Infergen is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): interferon alfacon-1.
Inferior
The anatomical term for "below". i.e. the neck is inferior to the head. Typically used in humans only. See Cranial/Caudal/Superior.
Inferior vena cava
The large blood vessel (vein) that returns blood from the legs and abdomen to the heart.
Infertility
The diminished or absent ability to conceive or produce an offspring while sterility is the complete inability to conceive or produce an offspring.
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Iconic memory
Short-lived visual sensory memory which lasts about 500 msec. Disrupted by masking (i.e. by a bright light). Tied to anatomical coordinates.
Interocular motion display
A motion display in which the motion stimulus in each eye of the observer is ambiguous, yet perception of coherent motion is possible if the subject combines motion information from both the eyes.
Isomorphistic approach
Belief that perceptual variations in the visual filed must be accounted for by analogous variations of neural activity. Roughly speaking, the neural distribution should look like the percept.
Isotropic
Any process or filter which is not directionally selective or biased. (As opposed to anisotropic).
Intercalated zones
Areas of cells falling between the parvocellular and magnocellular layers.
Inferior temporal cortex (IT)
Imperforate
Atretic; closed.
Indurated
Abnormally hard.
Infarct
A localized area of ischemic necrosis produced by the occlusion of the blood vessels - either arterial supply or venous drainage.
Infraorbital
Beneath the eye.
Intercellular
Between two cells.
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