motor cortex

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brain region cerebral cortex region neural structure

The motor cortex is a region of the brain’s cerebral cortex responsible for planning, controlling, and executing voluntary movements.

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instanceOf	brain region ⓘ cerebral cortex region ⓘ neural structure ⓘ
damageCauses	motor apraxia ⓘ paralysis ⓘ spasticity ⓘ weakness ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	Betz cells in primary motor cortex ⓘ contralateral body representation ⓘ layer V pyramidal neurons ⓘ motor homunculus representation ⓘ somatotopic organization ⓘ
hasCytoarchitectonicArea	Brodmann area 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Brodmann area 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubregion	M1 ⓘ SMA ⓘ frontal eye fields ⓘ lateral premotor cortex ⓘ medial premotor cortex ⓘ pre-SMA NERFINISHED ⓘ pre-supplementary motor area NERFINISHED ⓘ premotor cortex ⓘ primary motor cortex NERFINISHED ⓘ supplementary motor area NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedIn	fine motor control ⓘ grasping movements ⓘ locomotion control ⓘ motor coordination ⓘ motor learning ⓘ motor planning ⓘ orofacial movements ⓘ postural control ⓘ reaching movements ⓘ sensorimotor integration ⓘ speech articulation ⓘ
locatedIn	forebrain ⓘ human brain ⓘ mammalian brain ⓘ telencephalon NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	cerebral cortex NERFINISHED ⓘ frontal lobe ⓘ
playsRoleIn	brain-computer interface control ⓘ neuroprosthetic control of movement ⓘ
projectsTo	brainstem motor nuclei ⓘ corticobulbar tract NERFINISHED ⓘ corticospinal tract NERFINISHED ⓘ spinal cord ⓘ
receivesInputFrom	basal ganglia ⓘ cerebellum ⓘ posterior parietal cortex NERFINISHED ⓘ somatosensory cortex ⓘ thalamus ⓘ
responsibleFor	control of voluntary movements ⓘ execution of voluntary movements ⓘ planning voluntary movements ⓘ
studiedUsing	electrocorticography ⓘ functional MRI NERFINISHED ⓘ single-unit recording ⓘ transcranial magnetic stimulation ⓘ

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primary motor cortex → partOf → motor cortex ⓘ