DELINEATION OF MOTOR AREAS IN THE CEREBRAL CORTEX OF THE GOAT
DELINEATION OF MOTOR AREAS IN THE CEREBRAL CORTEX OF THE GOAT
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1956.sp005573
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发表时间:
1956-01-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
LAWN, AM
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作者:
BELL, FR;LAWN, AM
The cerebral cortices of anesthetized goats were stimulated with unipolar and bipolar electrodes. Only a small area of the medial orbito-frontal pole, embracing a part only of the superior and middle longitudinal gyri, can be excited to produce somatic motor responses. From the superior longitudinal gyrus contralateral clonic movement is produced readily in the forelimb but all 4 limbs may respond by facilitation. Ipsilateral contraction of the lips can be obtained only from the middle longitudinal gyrus. The localization was confirmed by stimulation of an unanesthetized goat with indwelling electrodes. Although both areas responds to single pulse stimulation. The pyramidal tract of ungulates is discussed in relation to that of primates. It is suggested that ipsilateral fibers from the middle longitudinal gyrus of goats may subserve a similar function to the contralateral fibers of the precentral gyrus of primates. Purposive activity such as sucking and rumination was not obtained; such responses described by other authors may be due to spread of stimulus to extra-cortical regions. The evoked responses were identical in goats of 1-12 months, thus indicating that maturation of the cerebral cortex does not occur after birth.[long dash]Auth. summ.