The Microstructural Border Between the Motor and the Cognitive Domain in the Human Cerebral Cortex

by Geyer, Stefan

• ISBN13: 9783540402282
• ISBN10: 3540402284
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

Over the last years, numerous studies have provided new insights into the structural and functional organization of the human cortical motor system. The data reviewed in this book indicate that striking similarities have been found between humans and non-human primates.

Table of Contents

Prologue: Toward the Concept of a Cortical Control of Voluntary Movements	1	(9)
Jackson and the Concept of a Motor Cortex	1	(1)
Experimental Confirmation of the Motor Cortex in Laboratory Animals	1	(1)
Maps of the Motor Cortex in Humans	2	(1)
Differences in Function Between Motor and Premotor Cortex	3	(1)
Cytoarchitectonic Analysis of the Motor and Premotor Cortex	4	(1)
Lashley and Clark's Criticism of Cytoarchitectonic Maps	5	(2)
Observer-Independent Cytoarchitectonic Analysis and Probabilistic Microstructural--Functional Correlation---Two Responses to Lashley and Clark's Criticism	7	(1)
Goal of this Study	8	(1)
Materials and Methods	9	(6)
Histological Processing of Postmortem Brains	10	(1)
Observer--Independent Cytoarchitectonic Analysis	10	(2)
Three--Dimensional Reconstruction and Spatial Normalization of the Histological Volumes	12	(3)
Results	15	(12)
Cytoarchitectonic Features and Observer-Independent Analysis of the Border Between Area 6 and the Prefrontal Cortex	15	(8)
Cytoarchitectonic Features and Observer-Independent Analysis of the Border Between Area 6 and the Primary Motor Cortex	23	(1)
Reconstruction of the Histological Volumes in 3-D, Spatial Normalization, and Generation of the Population Map of Area 6	24	(3)
Discussion	27	(48)
Observer-Independent Delineation of Area 6	27	(2)
Spatial Normalization of Area 6	29	(1)
The Isocortical Motor System in Macaques	30	(31)
The Structural Framework: Microanatomical Subdivision of the Agranular Frontal Isocortex	31	(2)
The Organizational Principle: Parieto--Frontal Circuits	33	(1)
The Isocortical Motor System in Macaques	34	(1)
Primary Motor Cortex (Area F1)	34	(6)
Supplementary Motor Areas ``SMA Proper'' and ``Pre-SMA'' (Areas F3 and F6)	40	(8)
Dorsolateral Premotor Cortex (PMd; Areas F2 and F7)	48	(5)
Ventrolateral Premotor Cortex (PMv; Areas F4 and F5)	53	(8)
The Isocortical Motor System in Humans	61	(14)
Structural Organization	63	(1)
Primary Motor Cortex	63	(2)
Supplementary Motor Areas ``SMA Proper'' and ``Pre-SMA''	65	(1)
Dorsolateral and Ventrolateral Premotor Cortex	66	(1)
Functional Organization	67	(3)
Primary Motor Cortex	70	(1)
Supplementary Motor Areas ``SMA Proper'' and ``Pre-SMA''	71	(2)
Dorsolateral Premotor Cortex	73	(1)
Ventrolateral Premotor Cortex	74	(1)
Epilogue	75	(2)
References	77	(14)
Subject Index	91