A cortical motor region that represents the cutaneous back muscles in the macaque monkey

Authors
Akazawa, T Tokuno, H Nambu, A Hamada, I Ito, Y Ikeuchi, Y Imanishi, M Hasegawa, N Hatanaka, N Takada, M
Citation
T. Akazawa et al., A cortical motor region that represents the cutaneous back muscles in the macaque monkey, NEUROSCI L, 282(3), 2000, pp. 125-128
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
ISSN journal
03043940 → ACNP
Volume
282
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
125 - 128
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-3940(20000324)282:3<125:ACMRTR>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A cortical motor region that represented the cutaneous muscles on the back was identified on the medial wall of the frontal lobe in the macaque monkey . In this region, neurons responded to somatosensory stimuli such as light touch or squeezing of the back skin, and intracortical microstimulation eli cited contraction of the back skin. Such a region was located primarily on the dorsal bank of the cingulate sulcus, corresponding to the dorsal cingul ate motor area. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.