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1
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How are action plans generated?

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Through the affordance competition hypothesis; motor plans and actions are activated at the same time.

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What is the affordance competition hypothesis?

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Action plans and specification occur simultaneously.

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3
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Optic ataxia

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Inability to use visual information to guide movement.

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4
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Ideational apraxia

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Inability to comprehend the meaning or purpose of an action; an action can be performed but incorrectly.

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5
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Damage to the association motor cortex can lead to:

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Optic ataxia and ideational apraxia

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6
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IV in the single unit monkey study for action plans

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Target location

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7
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Does the parietal cortex have topographic organization?

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Yes

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8
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Eye cortical representation in parietal cortex

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Lateral intraparietal area (LIP)

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Arm cortical representation in parietal cortex

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Medial intraparietal area (MIP)

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10
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The parietal cortex has distinct subregions for ____, _____, and ____ movements.

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Arm, hand, eye

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What are the major parts of the basal ganglia?

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Caudate nucleus, putamen, globus pallidus, subthalamic nucleus, substancia nigra

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12
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What is the striatum?

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Caudate nucleus and putamen

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13
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Is most of the circuit of the basal ganglia inhibitory or excitatory?

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Inhibitory

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14
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Globus pallidus (GP) has a ____ baseline firing rate which produces __________ of the motor system.

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High, tonic inhibition

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15
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What are the two pathways of the basal ganglia?

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Direct and indirect

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16
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What is the direct pathway?

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Fast, striatum to GPi

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17
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What is the indirect pathway?

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Slow, striatum to GPi via GPe and STN

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18
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SNc

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Substancia nigra, pars compacta

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19
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SNr

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Substancia nigra, pars reticulata

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20
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GPe

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External segment of globus pallidus

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21
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GPi

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Internal segment of globus pallidus

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22
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STN

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Subthalamic nucleus

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23
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SC

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Superior colliculus

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24
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What is the primary neurotransmitter in the basal ganglia circuitry?

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Dopamine; D1 and D2

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SNc ______ direct pathway

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Excites

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26
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SNc ______ indirect pathway

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Inhibits

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27
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D1 is for the _____ pathway and D2 is for the ______ pathway.

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Direct, indirect

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28
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Symptoms of Huntington’s Disease

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Clumsiness, balance problems, involuntary movements

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29
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Result of Huntington’s Disease is ________.

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Hyperkinesia

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30
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What is hyperkinesia?

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Excessive movement

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31
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What does Huntington’s Disease change in the basal ganglia circuit?

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The inhibitory neurons of the indirect pathway

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32
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Results of Parkinson’s Disease are _______ and ______.

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Hypokinesia, bradykinesia

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33
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What is hypokinesia?

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Reduction of motion

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34
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What is bradykinesia?

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Slow/delayed motion

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35
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What does Parkinson’s Disease change in the basal ganglia circuit?

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Loss of neurons in the SNc

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36
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How is Parkinson’s Disease treated?

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DBS

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37
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Sensorimotor Adaptation

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Use of sensory inputs to learn to make motor movements

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38
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IV in Human tDCS study with visuomotor adaptation task

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Stimulated regions, three conditions in the visuomotor task

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39
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In the Human tDCS study with visuomotor adaptation, stimulation of the _______ speeds adaptation _______, but stimulation of _____ maintains adaptation _________.

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Cerebellum, short term, M1, long term

40
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What area in the brain supports new learning?

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Cerebellum

41
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The motor system is _______.

A

Hierarchical

42
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Effector

A

Part of the body that can move

43
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Effectors are controlled by ______.

44
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Muscles control _______.

45
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Muscles are composed of _______ fibers.

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Antagonist

46
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_________ of a fiber group causes _______ in the other.

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Contraction (shortening), extending (lengthening)

47
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Muscles are controlled by ___________.

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Motor neurons

48
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Order of control in muscles

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Motor neurons, muscles, effectors

49
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Alpha Motor Neurons

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Produce contractions

50
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Gamma Motor Neurons

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Support proprioception

51
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Alpha motor neurons synapse on __________ not ________.

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Muscle fibers, other neurons

52
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Alpha motor neurons release __________.

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Acetylcholine

53
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How do alpha motor neurons determine the force of a muscle?

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Number and frequency of action potentials

54
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Alpha motor neurons receive input from __________.

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Muscle spindles

55
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Muscle Spindles

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Stretch receptor, indicate the current status of the muscle

56
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Dorsal Root

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Sensory neuron

57
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Central Pattern Generators

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Ability to produce motions without commands or external feedback signals.

58
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When the cat’s spinal cord was disconnected from the cortex and subcortex, what happened to the reflexes?

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It was maintained and exaggerated

59
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Why was the cat’s reflexes exaggerated?

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Lost the inhibition ability to control strength of movement

60
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__________ and ___________ are central pattern generators

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Spinal cord, alpha motor neurons

61
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Cerebellum has ______ organization not _______.

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Ipsilateral, contralateral

62
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The cerebellum has _____ nuclei.

63
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The 3 nuclei of the cerebellum

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Vestibulocerebellum, spinocerebellum, neocerebellum

64
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Vestibulocerebellum

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Balancing and coordinating eye movements with body movements

65
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Spinocerebellum

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Auditory and visual inputs

66
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Neocerebellum

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Inputs from frontal and parietal lobes; outputs to motor regions through the thalamus

67
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Damage to vestibulocerebellum

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Vestibulo-ocular reflex; eyes can remain fixed on an object despite head/body movements

68
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Damage to spinocerebellum

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Unsteady gait and balance disturbances

69
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Damage to neocerebellum

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Ataxia; disruption of fine coordination; intention tremor

70
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Signals from the spinal cord travel to the primary motor cortex through the _____________ through the brain stem.

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Pyramidal tracts

71
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Cerebellum function

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Balance, gait, fine coordination

72
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Lesion in primary motor cortex

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Hemiplegia

73
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Hemiplegia

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Loss of voluntary movements on contralateral side of the body

74
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Primary motor cortex has _______/______ organization

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Rostral, caudal

75
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True or False: The rostral area in primary motor cortex is present in many species

76
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True or False: The caudal area in primary motor cortex is present in many species

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False; present in humans and some primates

77
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Neurons in caudal area terminate directly on ___________.

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Alpha motor neurons

78
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True or False: Primary motor cortex has motor homunculus

79
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2 hypothesis of how M1 codes actions and commands

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Trajectory based, location based

80
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Trajectory Based Hypothesis

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Path that transports an effector from one location to another; path/direction specific

81
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Location Based Hypothesis

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Goal location and command needed to move effector to that location; location/goal specific regardless of path

82
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Center-out Task

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Moving a lever to the center to a target indicated by light

83
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IV in center-out task

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Target location, direction of movement

84
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DV in center-out task

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Firing rate of neurons in primary motor cortex

85
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Center-out task showed that neurons prefer _________ hypothesis.

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Trajectory based

86
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Function of primary motor cortex (M1)

A

Voluntary motion

87
Q

Neurons are tuned to _______ and can respond in _____ and _______.

A

Direction, planning, execution

88
Q

Secondary motor cortex is broken down into ___________ and _________.

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Supplementary motor area (SMA) and premotor cortex (PMC)

89
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SMA and PMC have _____ of the body.

90
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True or False: SMA and PMC have somatotopic organization

91
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SMA

A

Supplementary Motor Area

92
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PMC

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Premotor cortex

93
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Apraxia

A

Loss of motor planning

94
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Ideomotor Apraxia

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Have a sense of desired action but unable to execute the action itself

95
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PMC Function

A

Externally guided movements through parietal connections

96
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SMA Function

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Internally guided movements through prefrontal connections

97
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Lesion in secondary motor cortex cause

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Impair in motor planning and not hemiplegia

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