The motor cortex is a large frontal structure in the cerebral cortex of eutherian mammals. A
vast array of evidence implicates the motor cortex in the volitional control of motor output, but …

Motor cortex in the primate brain was once thought to contain a simple map of the body's
muscles. Recent evidence suggests, however, that it operates at a radically more complex …

Most of our knowledge about motor cortex is based on studies of primates or cats, but
rodents may become increasingly useful subjects for studies in which a number of …

Motor and premotor cortices are crucial for the control of movements. However, we still know
little about how these areas contribute to higher-order motor control, such as deciding which …

Historically, the motor cortical function has been explained as a funnel to muscle activation.
This invokes the idea that motor cortical neurons, or 'upper motoneurons', directly cause …

The motor cortex was experimentally identified more than a century ago using surface
electrical stimulation and lesions. Those first studies initiated a debate about the role of the …

It remains an open question how neural responses in motor cortex relate to movement. We
explored the hypothesis that motor cortex reflects dynamics appropriate for generating …

Recently, we found that electrical stimulation of motor cortex caused monkeys to make
coordinated, complex movements. These evoked movements were arranged across the …

Recent neurophysiological as well as neuropsychological studies provided evidences on
how various informations are processed to generate motor programs in the central nervous …

Blocking motor cortical output with lesions or pharmacological inactivation has identified
movements that require motor cortex. Yet, when and how motor cortex influences muscle …