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. 2003 Feb 24;100(5):2981–2986. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0437896100

Table 2.

Cyto- and myeloarchitectonic characteristics of cortex in putative human V5/MT (see Fig. 3)

Layer Cytoarchitecture Myeloarchitecture
I Sublayer of horizontally oriented fine fiber mesh
II Medium cell packing density Sparse fine fiber mesh with no prominent orientation
III IIIa:  Medium cell packing density IIIb:  Low cell packing density; small radially arranged pyramidal cells; IIIc:  Large prominent pyramidal cells Sparse fine fiber mesh with prominent vertical and horizontal clustering
IV Granular layer with increased cell packing density compared with II Medium radially arranged fiber bundles; dense mesh of horizontally oriented fine fibers (external band of Baillarger)
V Medium sized pyramidal cells with similar cell packing density to III. The boundary between layers V and VI not defined Medium radially arranged fiber bundles; sublayer with horizontally oriented fine fibers (internal band of Baillarger)
VI Medium sized pyramidal cells with similar cell packing density to III. The boundary between layers V and VI not defined Medium radially arranged fiber bundles