Behaviour of neurons in monkey peri-arcuate and precentral cortex before and during visually guided arm and hand movements

Exp Brain Res. 1981;44(1):113-6. doi: 10.1007/BF00238755.

Abstract

Neuron activity was recorded in monkey cerebral cortex during a visually guided reaching task. Cells located in the banks of the arcuate sulcus at its curvature changed their activity during the period in which the monkey saw a food reward in a certain position, but before it moved to retrieve the reward. A role of these neurons in visual guidance of arm and hand movements is postulated.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Arm / innervation
  • Cerebral Cortex / physiology*
  • Electric Conductivity
  • Hand / innervation
  • Macaca nemestrina
  • Medulla Oblongata / physiology*
  • Motor Activity*
  • Neurons / physiology*
  • Vision, Ocular*