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primary motor cortex
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Areas, Precentral Motor
, Motor Areas, Precentral
, Motor Cortex, Primary
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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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2004
Highly Cited
2004
Thinning of the cerebral cortex in aging.
D. Salat
,
R. Buckner
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+6 authors
B. Fischl
Cerebral Cortex
2004
Corpus ID: 18867173
The thickness of the cerebral cortex was measured in 106 non-demented participants ranging in age from 18 to 93 years. For each…
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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
M. Nitsche
,
Astrid Schauenburg
,
+4 authors
F. Tergau
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
2003
Corpus ID: 11640133
Transcranially applied weak direct currents are capable of modulating motor cortical excitability in the human. Anodal…
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Cerebellar Loops with Motor Cortex and Prefrontal Cortex of a Nonhuman Primate
R. Kelly
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P. Strick
Journal of Neuroscience
2003
Corpus ID: 8891998
We used transneuronal transport of neurotropic viruses to examine the topographic organization of circuits linking the cerebellar…
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Early consolidation in human primary motor cortex
W. Muellbacher
,
U. Ziemann
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+6 authors
M. Hallett
Nature
2002
Corpus ID: 4428505
Behavioural studies indicate that a newly acquired motor skill is rapidly consolidated from an initially unstable state to a more…
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Review
2000
Review
2000
Plasticity and primary motor cortex.
J. Sanes
,
J. Donoghue
Annual Review of Neuroscience
2000
Corpus ID: 10558681
One fundamental function of primary motor cortex (MI) is to control voluntary movements. Recent evidence suggests that this role…
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Review
1998
Review
1998
The acquisition of skilled motor performance: fast and slow experience-driven changes in primary motor cortex.
A. Karni
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G. Meyer
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+4 authors
Leslie G. Ungerleider
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
1998
Corpus ID: 27463211
Behavioral and neurophysiological studies suggest that skill learning can be mediated by discrete, experience-driven changes…
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Activation of human primary motor cortex during action observation: a neuromagnetic study.
R. Hari
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N. Forss
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S. Avikainen
,
E. Kirveskari
,
S. Salenius
,
G. Rizzolatti
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
1998
Corpus ID: 1377006
The monkey premotor cortex contains neurons that discharge during action execution and during observation of actions made by…
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Use-dependent alterations of movement representations in primary motor cortex of adult squirrel monkeys
RJ Nudo
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GW Milliken
,
W. Jenkins
,
M. Merzenich
Journal of Neuroscience
1996
Corpus ID: 30095229
This study was undertaken to document plastic changes in the functional topography of primary motor cortex (M1) that are…
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Reorganization of movement representations in primary motor cortex following focal ischemic infarcts in adult squirrel monkeys.
R. Nudo
,
G. W. Milliken
Journal of Neurophysiology
1996
Corpus ID: 37257184
1. Intracortical microstimulation (ICMS) techniques were used to derive detailed maps of distal forelimb movement representations…
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Corticocortical inhibition in human motor cortex.
T. Kujirai
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M. Caramia
,
+6 authors
C. Marsden
Journal of Physiology
1993
Corpus ID: 21336944
1. In ten normal volunteers, a transcranial magnetic or electric stimulus that was subthreshold for evoking an EMG response in…
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