Colour centre

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The colour centre is a region in the human brain responsible for processing colour. It consists of two subdivisions, an anterior one, called V4α and a posterior one, called V4. The structural organization of the colour centre was analysed using fMRI.

The term colour centre can also refer to an anionic vacancy in a crystal filled by one or more electrons, usually called an F-Centre.

[edit] References

• Bartels, A. & S. Zeki (2000). The architecture of the colour centre in the human visual brain: new results and a review. European Journal of Neuroscience 12 (1): 172-193. 
• C. J. Lueck, S. Zeki, K. J. Friston, M.-P. Deiber, P. Cope, V. J. Cunningham, A. A. Lammertsma, C. Kennard, R. S. J. Frackowiak (1989). The colour centre in the cerebral cortex of man. Nature 340: 386-389.