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Motor Cortex

Known as: Cortex, Motor, Somatomotor Area, Area, Somatomotor 
Area of the FRONTAL LOBE concerned with primary motor control located in the dorsal PRECENTRAL GYRUS immediately anterior to the central sulcus. It… 
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Broader (2)

Cortex of frontal lobefrontal lobe

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Premotor cortexprimary motor cortexsupplemental motor area proper

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2008
2008
Estudo dos parâmetros motores de idosos residentes em instituições asilares da grande Florianópolis
Problem: By the time the number of retired and social security deficit increase, and the life conditions decrease, innumerable… 
2005
2005
Synaptic potentiation induced by rTMS: effect of lidocaine infusion
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) delivered at various intensities and frequencies excites cortical motor areas… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Mechanisms for Recovery of Hand and Arm Function after Stroke: A Review of Evidence from Studies Using Non-Invasive Investigative Techniques
The mechanisms for recovery of motor function after stroke are largely unknown. New non-invasive techniques of Positron Emission… 
1983
1983
Functional organization of the supplementary motor area.
1982
1982
Methohexital Anesthesia in the Surgical Treatment of Uncontrollable Epilepsy
Twenty-five patients (aged 3 to 39 years) were anesthetized with methohexital for electrocorticographic mapping and resection of… 
1980
1980
Significance of the supplementary motor area in partial seizures and in cerebral localization.
Epileptogenic lesions affecting the supplementary motor area usually create partial seizures of the postural type, and these… 
1977
1977
Postnatal development of the mouse cerebral neocortex. I. Quantitative cytoarchitectonics of some motor and sensory areas.
Quantitative data have been obtained (numbers of neurons and glial cells in a cube of 0.000 25 mm3, thicknesses of cortical… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Supratentorial neuroepithelial cysts. Report of two cases.
✓ Two cases of supratentorial neuroepithelial (ependymal) cysts, one parasagittal and the other located over the parietal… 
1968
1968
Thalamic potentials from muscle afferents in the human.
STEREOTAXIC surgery for the so-called extrapyramidal motor disorders offers an opportunity to study the neurophysiology of deep… 
1959
1959
[Paroxysmal palilalia and vocal repetitions during epileptic seizures caused by a lesion involving the supplementary motor area].