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primary motor cortex

Known as: Areas, Precentral Motor, Motor Areas, Precentral, Motor Cortex, Primary 
A thin band of cells on the posterior portion of the precentral gyrus. It forms a parallel band just anterior to primary motor cortex, and the… 
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Motor Cortex

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Thinning of the cerebral cortex in aging.
The thickness of the cerebral cortex was measured in 106 non-demented participants ranging in age from 18 to 93 years. For each… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Facilitation of Implicit Motor Learning by Weak Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of the Primary Motor Cortex in the Human
Transcranially applied weak direct currents are capable of modulating motor cortical excitability in the human. Anodal… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Cerebellar Loops with Motor Cortex and Prefrontal Cortex of a Nonhuman Primate
We used transneuronal transport of neurotropic viruses to examine the topographic organization of circuits linking the cerebellar… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Early consolidation in human primary motor cortex
Behavioural studies indicate that a newly acquired motor skill is rapidly consolidated from an initially unstable state to a more… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Plasticity and primary motor cortex.
One fundamental function of primary motor cortex (MI) is to control voluntary movements. Recent evidence suggests that this role… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
The acquisition of skilled motor performance: fast and slow experience-driven changes in primary motor cortex.
Behavioral and neurophysiological studies suggest that skill learning can be mediated by discrete, experience-driven changes… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Activation of human primary motor cortex during action observation: a neuromagnetic study.
The monkey premotor cortex contains neurons that discharge during action execution and during observation of actions made by… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Use-dependent alterations of movement representations in primary motor cortex of adult squirrel monkeys
This study was undertaken to document plastic changes in the functional topography of primary motor cortex (M1) that are… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Reorganization of movement representations in primary motor cortex following focal ischemic infarcts in adult squirrel monkeys.
1. Intracortical microstimulation (ICMS) techniques were used to derive detailed maps of distal forelimb movement representations… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Corticocortical inhibition in human motor cortex.
1. In ten normal volunteers, a transcranial magnetic or electric stimulus that was subthreshold for evoking an EMG response in… 
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