primary motor cortex ( PRC )

The term primary motor cortex refers to a part of the cerebral cortex defined by internal structure, connectivity and function ( Matelli-2004 ). It is one of two kinds of motor cortex, the other being premotor cortex. In primates it is located in the part of the precentral gyrus nearest the central sulcus, the posterior boundary of the frontal lobe. In the human it is identified with area 4 of Brodmann (human) and the adjacent, caudal portion of area 6 of Brodmann (human) ( Zilles-2004 ). In the macaque it is identified with area 4 of Brodmann (guenon) and area 6a alpha of Vogts ( Woolsey-1952 ). In the rat ( Swanson-2004 ) and mouse ( Hof-2000 ) it lies lateral to premotor cortex. In the rodent it extends from the frontal pole about half way to the occipital pole. See also area MI of Woolsey.

Also known as

Name	Language	Source	Source Citation	Source Title	Organism
area precentrale	Italian	Carpenter-1995	EdiSes, s.r.l.- Napoli, 1995	Fondamenti di Neuroanatomia	human
precentral motor area	English	Carpenter-1991	Fourth Edition, Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1991	Core Text of Neuroanatomy	human
primary motor area (M I)	English	Carpenter-1994	edicion 4, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore; traducción de Editorial Medica Panamericana, Buenos Aires, efectuada por el Dr. Alejandro Kaufman	Neuroanatomía Fundamentos	human
area motorik primer	Indonesian	Noback-1982	Jakarta: Penerbit Buku Kedokteran EGC, 1982	Anatomi Susunan Saraf Manusia, Prinsip-Prinsip Dasar Neurobiologi	human
M I	acronym	Carpenter-1994	edicion 4, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore; traducción de Editorial Medica Panamericana, Buenos Aires, efectuada por el Dr. Alejandro Kaufman	Neuroanatomía Fundamentos	human
primärer motorischer Kortex	German	Schiebler-1999	Eighth Edition, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1999.	Anatomie	human
korteks motorik primer	Indonesian	Noback-1982	Jakarta: Penerbit Buku Kedokteran EGC, 1982	Anatomi Susunan Saraf Manusia, Prinsip-Prinsip Dasar Neurobiologi	human
M1	acronym	Paxinos-2001	Second Edition, Academic Press, San Diego, 2001	The Mouse Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates	mouse
primary motor cortex	English	Zilles-1990	Chapter 22, pp. 757-802 in The Human Nervous System, G. Paxinos (Ed.), Academic Press, San Diego, 1990	Cortex	human
primary motor area	English	Zilles-1990	Chapter 22, pp. 757-802 in The Human Nervous System, G. Paxinos (Ed.), Academic Press, San Diego, 1990	Cortex	human
precentral motor cortex	English	Wise-1985a	Annu Rev Neurosci 1985;8:1-19	The primate premotor cortex: past, present, and preparatory	macaque
motor cortex (Carpenter)	English	Carpenter-1983	Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Co., 1983	Human Neuroanatomy	human
motor area (Crosby)	English	Crosby-1962	New York: MacMillan, 1962	Correlative Anatomy of the Nervous System	human
somatic motor I	English	Crosby-1962	New York: MacMillan, 1962	Correlative Anatomy of the Nervous System	human
motor strip	English	Anthoney-1994	Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, 1994	Neuroanatomy And The Neurologic Exam: A Thesaurus of Synonyms, Similar Sounding Non-Synonyms And Terms Of Variable Meaning	human
area motoria primaria	Italian	Carpenter-1995	EdiSes, s.r.l.- Napoli, 1995	Fondamenti di Neuroanatomia	human
área motora primaria (MI)	Spanish	Carpenter-1994	edicion 4, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore; traducción de Editorial Medica Panamericana, Buenos Aires, efectuada por el Dr. Alejandro Kaufman	Neuroanatomía Fundamentos	human
MOp	acronym	Swanson-1998	Second Revised Edition, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 1998	Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain	rat
primäre motorische Rinde	German	Schiebler-1999	Eighth Edition, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1999.	Anatomie	human
primary somatomotor area	English	Swanson-2004	Third Edition, Elsevier Academic Press, Oxford, 2004	Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain.	rat
primary motor area	English	Dong-2004	Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, 2004	Allen Reference Atlas	mouse
F1	acronym	Matelli-2004	Chapter 26 in The Human Nervous System, G. Paxinos and J. Mai (Eds.). Amsterdam: Elsevier Academic Press, 2004.	Motor Cortex	macaque
area F1	English	Matelli-2004	Chapter 26 in The Human Nervous System, G. Paxinos and J. Mai (Eds.). Amsterdam: Elsevier Academic Press, 2004.	Motor Cortex	macaque
PRC	acronym	NeuroNames	University of Washington, Seattle, WA	NeuroNames	Unspecified