Dr. Nico Dosenbach says one day they noticed something odd in the primary motor cortex, an area that controls muscles. NICO DOSENBACH: It just didn't make sense if the textbook was right.

Another brain region, called the premotor cortex, is known to have a role in planning movements, but the areas found by Gordon and Dosenbach's team are woven into the primary motor cortex itself.

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This alters our perception of the primary motor cortex's function. “ [It] is supposed to only be about moving your body,” says Gordon. “This is the moment when we started thinking of the SCAN.” The ...

A new study in mice has helped illuminate how the brain's primary motor cortex (M1) – a brain region most commonly associated with control of motor functions – helps suppress dimensions of ...

While the motor cortex controls your body’s movements, the prefrontal cortex is responsible for decision-making and managing other parts of your brain. Occipital lobes.

The homunculus map of the primary motor cortex (left), compared to the updated map (right). The new map includes regions that control whole-body movements. Gordon, et al. via Nature under CC BY 4.0 ...

Propagating spatiotemporal activity patterns across macaque motor cortex carry kinematic information. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023; 120 (4) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2212227120 ...

Researchers found that the local release of dopamine – a molecule best known for its role in the brain’s reward system – is a key factor in acquiring new motor skills.

Meta-learning of human motor adaptation via the dorsal premotor cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024; 121 (44) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2417543121 ...