scholarly journals Corticospinal Inputs to Primate Motoneurons Innervating the Forelimb from Two Divisions of Primary Motor Cortex and Area 3a

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 2605-2616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire L. Witham ◽  
Karen M. Fisher ◽  
Steve A. Edgley ◽  
Stuart N. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Motor Cortex ◽  
Primary Motor Cortex ◽  
Area 3A

Effects on Muscle Activity From Microstimuli Applied to Somatosensory and Motor Cortex During Voluntary Movement in the Monkey

1997 ◽  
Vol 77 (5) ◽  
pp. 2446-2465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gail L. Widener ◽  
Paul D. Cheney
Keyword(s):  
Motor Cortex ◽  
Muscle Activity ◽  
Voluntary Movement ◽  
Primary Motor Cortex ◽  
Large Fraction ◽  
Single Pulse ◽  
Motor Output ◽  
Emg Activity ◽  
Spike Triggered Averaging ◽  
Area 3A

Widener, Gail L. and Paul D. Cheney. Effects on muscle activity from microstimuli applied to somatosensory and motor cortex during voluntary movement in the monkey. J. Neurophysiol. 77: 2446–2465, 1997. It is well known that electrical stimulation of primary somatosensory cortex (SI) evokes movements that resemble those evoked from primary motor cortex. These findings have led to the concept that SI may possess motor capabilities paralleling those of motor cortex and speculation that SI could function as a robust relay mediating motor responses from central and peripheral inputs. The purpose of this study was to rigorously examine the motor output capabilities of SI areas with the use of the techniques of spike- and stimulus-triggered averaging of electromyographic (EMG) activity in awake monkeys. Unit recordings were obtained from primary motor cortex and SI areas 3a, 3b, 1, and 2 in three rhesus monkeys. Spike-triggered averaging was used to assess the output linkage between individual cells and motoneurons of the recorded muscles. Cells in motor cortex producing postspike facilitation (PSpF) in spike-triggered averages of rectified EMG activity were designated corticomotoneuronal (CM) cells. Motor output efficacy was also assessed by applying stimuli through the microelectrode and computing stimulus-triggered averages of rectified EMG activity. One hundred seventy-one sites in motor cortex and 68 sites in SI were characterized functionally and tested for motor output effects on muscle activity. The incidence, character, and magnitude of motor output effects from SI areas were in sharp contrast to effects from CM cell sites in primary motor cortex. Of 68 SI cells tested with spike-triggered averaging, only one area 3a cell produced significant PSpF in spike-triggered averages of EMG activity. In comparison, 20 of 171 (12%) motor cortex cells tested produced significant postspike effects. Single-pulse intracortical microstimulation produced effects at all CM cell sites in motor cortex but at only 14% of SI sites. The large fraction of SI effects that was inhibitory represented yet another marked difference between CM cell sites in motor cortex and SI sites (25% vs 93%). The fact that motor output effects from SI were frequently absent or very weak and predominantly inhibitory emphasizes the differing motor capabilities of SI compared with primary motor cortex.

Primary motor cortex receives input from area 3a in macaques

1990 ◽  
Vol 537 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 367-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.F. Huerta ◽  
T.P. Pons
Keyword(s):  
Motor Cortex ◽  
Primary Motor Cortex ◽  
Area 3A

Primary motor cortex stimulation affects visual guidance and attention systems

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Taylor ◽  
Mickie Vanhoy ◽  
Jingjing Wang ◽  
Shanshan Haung
Keyword(s):  
Motor Cortex ◽  
Primary Motor Cortex ◽  
Motor Cortex Stimulation ◽  
Visual Guidance ◽  
Attention Systems

Location of Primary Motor Cortex Function in Cerebral Migration Disorder

1998 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 769
Author(s):  
Ho Kyu Lee ◽  
Jin Suh Kim ◽  
Youn Mee Hwang ◽  
Myung Joon Lee ◽  
Soo Mee Lim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Motor Cortex ◽  
Primary Motor Cortex ◽  
Migration Disorder
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