The organization of the rat motor cortex: a microstimulation mapping study.

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TítuloThe organization of the rat motor cortex: a microstimulation mapping study.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1986
AutoresNeafsey, EJ, Bold, EL, Haas, G, Hurley-Gius, KM, Quirk, G, Sievert, CF, Terreberry, RR
JournalBrain Res
Volume396
Issue1
Pagination77-96
Date Published1986 Mar
ISSN0006-8993
Palabras claveAnimals, Brain Mapping, Electric Stimulation, Forelimb, Hindlimb, Lip, Mandible, Motor Cortex, Rats, Somatosensory Cortex, Tongue, Vibrissae
Abstract

In conclusion, the rat primary motor cortex appears to be organized into irregularly shaped patches of cortex devoted to particular movements. The location of major subdivisions such as the forelimb or hindlimb areas is somatotopic and is consistent from animal to animal, but the internal organization of the pattern of movements represented within major subdivisions varies significantly between animals. The motor cortex includes both agranular primary motor cortex (AgL) and, in addition, a significant amount of the bordering granular somatic sensory cortex (Gr(SI)), as well as the rostral portion of the taste sensory insular or claustrocortex (Cl). The rat frontal cortex also contains a second, rostral motor representation of the forelimb, trunk and hindlimb, which is somatotopically organized and may be the rat's supplementary motor area. Both of these motor representations give rise to direct corticospinal projections, some of which may make monosynaptic connections with cervical enlargement motoneurons. Medial to the primary motor cortex, in cytoarchitectonic field AgM, is what appears to be part of the rat's frontal eye fields, a region which also includes the vibrissae motor representation. The somatic motor cortical output organization pattern in the rat is remarkably similar to that seen in the primate, whose primary, supplementary and frontal eye field cortical motor regions have been extensively studied.

Alternate JournalBrain Res.
PubMed ID3708387
Grant ListNS-16146 / NS / NINDS NIH HHS / United States