Dopaminergic signals in primary motor cortex
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Figure 1. The gross anatomy of the brain is shown from a lateral (a) and medial (b) view. The wrinkled outer surface that covers the majority of the brain is the cerebral cortex. In panel (a) labels illustrate some of the areas of localized function including primary motor cortex on the precentral gyrus (M1) and primary somatosensory cortex on the postcentral gyrus (S1). Other primary sensory c...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0736-5748,1873-474X
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2009.05.004