1999年9月
Muscle and movement representations in the primary motor cortex
SCIENCE
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- 巻
- 285
- 号
- 5436
- 開始ページ
- 2136
- 終了ページ
- 2139
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- 出版者・発行元
- AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
What aspects of movement are represented in the primary motor cortex (M1): relatively low-level parameters like muscle force, or more abstract parameters like handpath? To examine this issue, the activity of neurons in M1 was recorded in a monkey trained to perform a task that dissociates three major variables of wrist movement: muscle activity, direction of movement at the wrist joint, and direction of movement in space. A substantial group of neurons in M1 (28 out of 88) displayed changes in activity that were muscle-like. Unexpectedly an even larger group of neurons in M1 (44 out of 88) displayed changes in activity that were related to the direction of wrist movement in space independent of the pattern of muscle activity that generated the movement. Thus, both "muscles" and "movements" appear to be strongly represented in M1.
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- ISSN : 0036-8075
- PubMed ID : 10497133
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000082734300045