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Premotor cortex and preparation for movement.

Experimental brain research ·Vol. 70 ·No. 3 ·1988-00-00 ·Pages 590-6

Passingham RE

Abstract

Many cells in premotor cortex change their activity while a monkey waits before responding. In the present experiment lesions were placed in premotor cortex in order to investigate the information carried by this neuronal activity. The monkeys were trained to make one of two movements depending on the colour of a cue. There were two conditions: in one they could respond when the cue was presented, in the other they had to wait three seconds before responding. The monkeys were then retested after the bilateral removal of premotor cortex. Animals with premotor lesions performed very poorly under both conditions. It is concluded that premotor cortex is concerned with retrieving the response that is appropriate given a particular cue.

MeSH Terms
Animals Learning/physiology Macaca fascicularis Motor Cortex/physiology Photic Stimulation Psychomotor Performance/physiology
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Passingham R E
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, U.K.
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Article Info
Journal
Experimental brain research
Abbr.
Exp Brain Res
ISSN
0014-4819
DOI
10.1007/BF00247607
Published
1988-00-00
Pages
590-6
Language
English
Region
Germany
NLM ID
0043312
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF00247607 View journal details
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