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Single cell recordings were made from the premotor cortex (lateral part of area 6) of a monkey trained to perform either a distal hindlimb or forelimb movement separately. Out of 175 movement-related neurons, 59 neurons showed modulation of activity only prior to the hindlimb movement, and the majority of them was distributed in a focal region around the superior precentral sulcus, several mm posteromedial to the genu of the arcuate sulcus. The hindlimb focus was separate from a focal region for forelimb movement-related neurons, which lay immediately posterior to the genu of the arcuate sulcus.
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Supported in part by Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan (grant 58106001 and 58570046)
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Kurata, K., Okano, K. & Tanji, J. Distribution of neurons related to a hindlimb as opposed to forelimb movement in the monkey premotor cortex. Exp Brain Res 60, 188–191 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00237031
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00237031