Title: The neuronal activity in the supplementary motor area of primates
Abstract: The functional role of the supplementary motor area (SMA) has been largelyunknown for the 30 years since its definition. However, recent work employing the technique of single cell recording from behaving primates offers important clues as to how activity in this area takes part in controlling motor performance. Whereas SMA activity is not as related to execution of simple movements as that in the precentral motor cortex, SMA neurons respond strongly to motor instructions that determine the way animals have to respond to forthcoming sensory signals.
Publication Year: 1984
Publication Date: 1984-08-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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