Movement Lecture 4 Flashcards
Output of Posterior Parietal Cortex
Premotor cortex
Cingulate Cortex is involved with?
Expression of an emotional state
Collateral branches of axons cross the midline via
ventral white commissure to reach the opposite ventral horn
Where does Lateral Corticospinal Tract Terminate?
Terminate contralaterally in the dorsal lateral region of the ventral horn
Course of Corticospinal
- Descend through internal capsule
- Cerebral pedencles of the midbrain
- Basilar pons
- Medullary Pyramids
Input to Posterior Parietal Cortex?
Primary Somatosensory Cortex
Visual Association Cortex
Function of Posterior Parietal Cortex
Sensory contribution of planning and executing of movement
What influence the generation of movement?
Local circuits in the spinal cord and brainstem
In Corticospinal, 90% of axons decussate to enter?
Lateral funiculus on the opposite side, and form lateral corticospinal tract
Function of Ventral corticospinal tract
- Voluntary control of the proximal and axial muscles
- involved in balance, posture, and locomotion
Where are Premotor cortex located? and distributed?
- Premotor Cortex are located anterior to the pre central gyrus and anterior paracentral gyrus
- Distributed along the lateral and medial convexity of the caudal frontal lobe
Premotor Area are active in which 2 tasks
- Preparation to move
- control of proximal limb muscle during postural adjustment
Function of Primary somatomotor cortex
Execution of voluntary movement
Output of Premotor Area & Supplementary Motor Area
- Primary Motor Cortex
- Brainstem (via corticobulbar tract)
- Spinal Cord (via corticospinal tract)
What control movements or behaviors?
Select regions, not individual muscles
Origin of Corticospinal
- Primary Somatomotor cortex
- Premotor and Supplementary motor area
- Other cortical regions
Premotor Cortex include which 5 areas?
Premotor Area
Supplementary motor area
Cingulate Cortex
Function of lateral corticospinal tract
- Voluntary control of the distal muscles
- Essential for discrete finger movement
Force of movement is encoded by?
the firing rate
What is the orientation of Cingulate Cortex
- Inferior to the medial convexity
- Dorsal to Corpus Callosum
Anterior Paracentral Gyrus
Lower Extremity
Precentral Gyrus
Dorsal Lateral: Upper Extremity
Lateral: Face
Mirror Neurons are active during?
- Performance of a motor act
- Observation of a motor act
In premotor cortex, neurons are active during?
Mental rehearsal of movement
Middle Cerebral artery supports?
Lateral Complexity
Representation or size of body parts reflects?
Number of neurons innervating the muscles of the body part
Changes of representation of body parts depend on?
Horizontal connections and Local inhibitory circuits
Function of Frontal Eye Fields
Direct voluntary and memory guided movements