the motor cortex april 24 th 2008 bijan pesaran. nature reviews neuroscience 5, 532-546 (2004)...
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Postural system is reflexive
• Vestibulo-cervical reflex– Stabilize head on body
• Vestibulo-spinal reflex– Stabilize limbs on body
• Cervico-cervical reflex– Stretch reflex also exists for trunk and limbs
• Cervico-spinal reflex– Adjust limb extension based on head angle
Issues in motor cortical function
• Dynamics or kinematics?
• Intrinsic or extrinsic?
• Force or position control?
Muscles and movements (Kakei et al 1999)
• Dissociate coordinate frames– Extrinsic: Direction of movement in space– Joint: Angle of wrist joint– Muscle: Activity of individual or groups of
muscles
Kakei et al (1999)
• Muscle-like cell responses– Modulated by wrist
• Extrinsic cell responses– Modulated by wrist or
not
• Muscle activity follows muscle-like cell responses– Modulated by wrist
Multiple reference frames
• Direct visuomotor transformation– Supports Area 5 data (Buneo et al 2002)
Direct Transformation
Serial TransformationHead-on-body
positionEye-in-head
position
Eye-centered
target location
Head-centered
target location
Body-centered
target location
Hand-centered
target location
Body-centeredhand position
+-
Motor output
Eye-centered
target location
Hand-centered
target location
Eye-centeredhand location
+- Nonlinear
3D geometry and muscle dynamics
Motor output
Nonlinear 3D geometry and muscle dynamics
MIP PMd
Nonlinear muscle
dynamics
Encoding relative position
Nonlinear 3D geometry and muscle dynamics
Batista et al 1999
Graziano et al 1997
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T
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T-E
E-H
H-E
T-H
PMv
• Coordinating the hand and the eye
• Eye-centered• Hand-centered• Relative hand-
eye position• Vectors in
abstract space
M1, Premotor Cortex and Supplementary Motor Area
The Monkey knows which to press because thebuttons are lit in order
Paralysis: 2.28 million in U.S.• Stroke 75,000 per year (2000)
• Cervical spine injuries 203,000-255,000 total (2002)
• Multiple Sclerosis250,000-350,000 total (2002)
• ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) 30,000 total (1999)
Locked in PatientsConstellation of:• quadriplegia• lower cranial nerve paralysis• mutism • preserved consciousness and cortical function
Midbrain or pons injury due to:• stroke• trauma• tumors