Motor Cortex
"Motor Cortex" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Area of the FRONTAL LOBE concerned with primary motor control located in the dorsal PRECENTRAL GYRUS immediately anterior to the central sulcus. It is comprised of three areas: the primary motor cortex located on the anterior paracentral lobule on the medial surface of the brain; the premotor cortex located anterior to the primary motor cortex; and the supplementary motor area located on the midline surface of the hemisphere anterior to the primary motor cortex.
| Descriptor ID |
D009044
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.270.548 A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.814.624
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| Concept/Terms |
Motor Cortex- Motor Cortex
- Cortex, Motor
- Somatic Motor Areas
- Area, Somatic Motor
- Areas, Somatic Motor
- Motor Area, Somatic
- Motor Areas, Somatic
- Somatic Motor Area
- Somatomotor Areas
- Area, Somatomotor
- Areas, Somatomotor
- Somatomotor Area
- Motor Area
- Area, Motor
- Areas, Motor
- Motor Areas
Supplementary Motor Area- Supplementary Motor Area
- Area, Supplementary Motor
- Areas, Supplementary Motor
- Motor Area, Supplementary
- Motor Areas, Supplementary
- Supplementary Motor Areas
Premotor Cortex- Premotor Cortex
- Cortex, Premotor
- Cortices, Premotor
- Secondary Motor Areas
- Area, Secondary Motor
- Areas, Secondary Motor
- Motor Area, Secondary
- Motor Areas, Secondary
- Secondary Motor Area
- Secondary Motor Cortex
- Cortex, Secondary Motor
- Cortices, Secondary Motor
- Motor Cortex, Secondary
- Motor Cortices, Secondary
- Secondary Motor Cortices
- Premotor Area
- Area, Premotor
- Areas, Premotor
- Premotor Areas
Primary Motor Cortex- Primary Motor Cortex
- Cortex, Primary Motor
- Cortices, Primary Motor
- Motor Cortex, Primary
- Motor Cortices, Primary
- Primary Motor Cortices
- Primary Motor Area
- Area, Primary Motor
- Areas, Primary Motor
- Motor Area, Primary
- Motor Areas, Primary
- Primary Motor Areas
- Precentral Motor Cortex
- Cortex, Precentral Motor
- Cortices, Precentral Motor
- Motor Cortex, Precentral
- Motor Cortices, Precentral
- Precentral Motor Cortices
- Motor Strip
- Motor Strips
- Strip, Motor
- Strips, Motor
- Precentral Motor Area
- Area, Precentral Motor
- Areas, Precentral Motor
- Motor Area, Precentral
- Motor Areas, Precentral
- Precentral Motor Areas
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Motor Cortex" by people in Profiles.
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Ross JM, Forman L, Gogulski J, Hassan U, Cline CC, Parmigiani S, Truong J, Hartford JW, Chen NF, Fujioka T, Makeig S, Pascual-Leone A, Keller CJ. Sensory Entrained TMS (seTMS) Enhances Motor Cortex Excitability. Hum Brain Mapp. 2025 Jul; 46(10):e70267.
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Bogard AT, Hembree TG, Pollet AK, Smith AC, Ryder SC, Marzloff GE, Tan AQ. Intermittent hypoxia-induced enhancements in corticospinal excitability predict gains in motor learning and metabolic efficiency. Sci Rep. 2025 Feb 24; 15(1):6614.
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Dehghani A, Bango C, Murphy EK, Halter RJ, Wager TD. Independent effects of transcranial direct current stimulation and social influence on pain. Pain. 2025 Jan 01; 166(1):87-98.
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Ross JM, Cline CC, Sarkar M, Truong J, Keller CJ. Neural effects of TMS trains on the human prefrontal cortex. Sci Rep. 2023 12 20; 13(1):22700.
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W?thrich F, Lefebvre S, Mittal VA, Shankman SA, Alexander N, Brosch K, Flinkenfl?gel K, Goltermann J, Grotegerd D, Hahn T, Jamalabadi H, Jansen A, Leehr EJ, Meinert S, Nenadic I, Nitsch R, Stein F, Straube B, Teutenberg L, Thiel K, Thomas-Odenthal F, Usemann P, Winter A, Dannlowski U, Kircher T, Walther S. The neural signature of psychomotor disturbance in depression. Mol Psychiatry. 2024 02; 29(2):317-326.
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Rodionov A, Ozdemir RA, Benwell CSY, Fried PJ, Boucher P, Momi D, Ross JM, Santarnecchi E, Pascual-Leone A, Shafi MM. Reliability of resting-state EEG modulation by continuous and intermittent theta burst stimulation of the primary motor cortex: a sham-controlled study. Sci Rep. 2023 11 02; 13(1):18898.
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Ross JM, Sarkar M, Keller CJ. Experimental suppression of transcranial magnetic stimulation-electroencephalography sensory potentials. Hum Brain Mapp. 2022 12 01; 43(17):5141-5153.
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Hooyman A, Garbin A, Fisher BE, Kutch JJ, Winstein CJ. Paired associative stimulation applied to the cortex can increase resting-state functional connectivity: A proof of principle study. Neurosci Lett. 2022 07 27; 784:136753.
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Otor Y, Achvat S, Cermak N, Benisty H, Abboud M, Barak O, Schiller Y, Poleg-Polsky A, Schiller J. Dynamic compartmental computations in tuft dendrites of layer 5 neurons during motor behavior. Science. 2022 04 15; 376(6590):267-275.
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Ross JM, Comstock DC, Iversen JR, Makeig S, Balasubramaniam R. Cortical mu rhythms during action and passive music listening. J Neurophysiol. 2022 01 01; 127(1):213-224.
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