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On Somatotopical Organization of Cortical Motor Areas Jun Tanji 1 , Yoshihisa Nakayama 1 , Tomoko Yamagata 1 , Eiji Hoshi 1 1Brain Science Research Institute,Tamagawa University Keyword: primary motor cortex , supplementary motor ara , presupplementary motor area , cingulate motor area , premotor cortex pp.1363-1371
Published Date 2009/12/1
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1416100600
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 Early studies on cortical motor areas have been centered on their somatotopical organization: a reasonable direction of research from the standpoint of skeletomotor control of limb and body movements. On the primary motor cortex,anatomical and physiological studies revealed aspects of somatotopical organization in progressively finer scales. Earlier studies were directed at elucidating the fine-grain modular organization of the primary motor cortex. Later studies,however,emphasized the diversity of output organization in individual part of the cortex,even at a single-cell level. At present,there is no convincing evidence for the existence of microstructures representing any form of unitary function. As for nonprimary motor areas,the existence of somatotopical organization has been inferred based on anatomical studies and on studies utilizing microstimulation. In the supplementary motor area,the body-part representation is broadly organized rostrocaudally in the order of face,forelimb and hindlimb areas,although with an extensive overlap of each area. In contrast,somatotopy is not apparent in the presupplemenetary motor area; effector-independent control of motor behavior seems to be dominant in this area. In the premotor cortex,motor acts involving the hindlimb appears to be much less represented than actions involving hand-arm and face. Overall,in considering the workings of nonprimary areas,aspects of motor behavior involving sensorial guidance,action- selection,or visuomotor association appear to be of primary importance rather than the determination of body parts to be used.


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