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motor cortex

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motor cortex [′mōd·ər ′kȯr‚teks]
(anatomy)


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15,35) It is plausible that, in SCI, somatosensory stimulation can increase the cortical excitability of the motor cortex and corticospinal tract.
Subthreshold low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation selectively decreases facilitation in the motor cortex.
For example, Schwartz and his colleagues devised a program based on the observation that each neuron in the motor cortex has a preferred direction--it fires more frequently when the monkey wants to move its real arm in a particular direction.
 
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