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FMRI evidence for a ‘parietal reach region’ in the human brain

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Jason Connolly

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Abstract

Event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to examine activation in the posterior parietal cortex when subjects made pointing movements or saccades to the same spatial location. One region, well positioned to be homologous to the monkey parietal reach region (PRR), responded preferentially during memory-delay trials in which the subject planned to point to a specific location as compared to trials in which the subject planned to make a saccade to that same location. We therefore conclude that activation in this region is related to specific motor intent; i.e. it encodes information related to the subject''s intention to make a specific movement to a particular spatial location.

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Author(s): Connolly JD; Andersen RA; Goodale MA

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Experimental Brain Research

Year: 2003

Volume: 153

Issue: 2

Pages: 140-145

ISSN (print): 0014-4819

ISSN (electronic): 1432-1106

Publisher: Springer

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00221-003-1587-1

DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1587-1

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