"Motor Cortex" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Area of the FRONTAL LOBE concerned with primary motor control located in the dorsal PRECENTRAL GYRUS immediately anterior to the central sulcus. It is comprised of three areas: the primary motor cortex located on the anterior paracentral lobule on the medial surface of the brain; the premotor cortex located anterior to the primary motor cortex; and the supplementary motor area located on the midline surface of the hemisphere anterior to the primary motor cortex.
Descriptor ID |
D009044
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MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.270.548 A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.814.624
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Concept/Terms |
Motor Cortex- Motor Cortex
- Cortex, Motor
- Somatic Motor Areas
- Area, Somatic Motor
- Areas, Somatic Motor
- Motor Area, Somatic
- Motor Areas, Somatic
- Somatic Motor Area
- Somatomotor Areas
- Area, Somatomotor
- Areas, Somatomotor
- Somatomotor Area
- Motor Area
- Area, Motor
- Areas, Motor
- Motor Areas
Supplementary Motor Area- Supplementary Motor Area
- Area, Supplementary Motor
- Areas, Supplementary Motor
- Motor Area, Supplementary
- Motor Areas, Supplementary
- Supplementary Motor Areas
Premotor Cortex- Premotor Cortex
- Cortex, Premotor
- Cortices, Premotor
- Secondary Motor Areas
- Area, Secondary Motor
- Areas, Secondary Motor
- Motor Area, Secondary
- Motor Areas, Secondary
- Secondary Motor Area
- Secondary Motor Cortex
- Cortex, Secondary Motor
- Cortices, Secondary Motor
- Motor Cortex, Secondary
- Motor Cortices, Secondary
- Secondary Motor Cortices
- Premotor Area
- Area, Premotor
- Areas, Premotor
- Premotor Areas
Primary Motor Cortex- Primary Motor Cortex
- Cortex, Primary Motor
- Cortices, Primary Motor
- Motor Cortex, Primary
- Motor Cortices, Primary
- Primary Motor Cortices
- Primary Motor Area
- Area, Primary Motor
- Areas, Primary Motor
- Motor Area, Primary
- Motor Areas, Primary
- Primary Motor Areas
- Precentral Motor Cortex
- Cortex, Precentral Motor
- Cortices, Precentral Motor
- Motor Cortex, Precentral
- Motor Cortices, Precentral
- Precentral Motor Cortices
- Motor Strip
- Motor Strips
- Strip, Motor
- Strips, Motor
- Precentral Motor Area
- Area, Precentral Motor
- Areas, Precentral Motor
- Motor Area, Precentral
- Motor Areas, Precentral
- Precentral Motor Areas
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1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1997 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
1998 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2000 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2001 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2003 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2004 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
2005 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2006 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
2007 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2008 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
2009 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
2010 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
2011 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
2012 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
2013 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
2014 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
2015 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
2016 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
2017 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2020 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Motor Cortex" by people in Profiles.
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Abnormal Local Cortical Functional Connectivity due to Interneuron Dysmaturation after Neonatal Intermittent Hypoxia. J Neurosci. 2025 Mar 19; 45(12).
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Motor somatotopy impacts imagery strategy success in human intracortical brain-computer interfaces. J Neural Eng. 2025 Mar 05; 22(2).
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How different immersive environments affect intracortical brain computer interfaces. J Neural Eng. 2025 Feb 10; 22(1).
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High-density multielectrode arrays bring cellular resolution to neuronal activity and network analyses of corticospinal motor neurons. Sci Rep. 2025 01 03; 15(1):732.
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A novel robot-assisted method for implanting intracortical sensorimotor devices for brain-computer interface studies: principles, surgical techniques, and challenges. J Neurosurg. 2025 May 01; 142(5):1280-1288.
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Synaptic integration of somatosensory and motor cortical inputs onto spiny projection neurons of mice caudoputamen. Eur J Neurosci. 2024 Oct; 60(8):6107-6122.
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Reach-dependent reorientation of rotational dynamics in motor cortex. Nat Commun. 2024 Aug 15; 15(1):7007.
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Microstimulation of human somatosensory cortex evokes task-dependent, spatially patterned responses in motor cortex. Nat Commun. 2023 11 10; 14(1):7270.
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Interplay between external inputs and recurrent dynamics during movement preparation and execution in a network model of motor cortex. Elife. 2023 05 11; 12.
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Propagating spatiotemporal activity patterns across macaque motor cortex carry kinematic information. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 01 24; 120(4):e2212227120.