FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF MOTOR SYSTEM IN MONKEY
FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF MOTOR SYSTEM IN MONKEY
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DOI:
10.1093/brain/91.1.1
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发表时间:
1968-01-01
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影响因子:
14.5
通讯作者:
KUYPERS, HGJ
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作者:
LAWRENCE, DG;KUYPERS, HGJ
THE descending cortical and subcortical pathways to the spinal cord constitute the main routes by which the brain can govern the spinal motor mechanisms. The two studies presented here attempt to elucidate the role of these pathways in the control of movements in the freely-moving monkey.These studies were prompted by the anatomical findings with respect to the differential terminal distribution of the cortical and subcortical pathways in the spinal grey matter (Figure 1). The corticospinal fibres which arise primarily from the pre-and post-central gyrus are distributed to the nucleus proprius of the dorsal horn, throughout the internuncial zone and to the lateral motoneurons (Kuypers, 1960; Liu and Chambers, 1964). The fibres to the nucleus proprius arise primarily from the post-central gyrus while those to the motoneurons and the internuncial zone arise primarily from the precentral gyrus. The bulk of the latter fibres terminate contralaterally but some terminate ipsilaterally. The subcorticospinal pathways have been grouped into medial and lateral systems based upon