the cerebral cortex of the occipital lobe, particularly the striate cortex. With regard to human beings, this takes up a minimal area on the lateral exterior of the brain’s occipital pole, but most is beneath the banks of the calcarine fissure on the medial exterior of the brain.
VISUAL CORTEX: “The visual cortex is recipient to direct input from the lateral geniculate nucleus by way of the optictract.”