motor cortex

noun

1. the region of the cerebral cortex concerned with transmitting impulses to the voluntary muscles.

Word History and Origins

Origin of motor cortex¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

In September, researchers using these advances will publish a detailed classification of cell types in the mouse and human motor cortexes—the biggest single output from the BRAIN Initiative to date.

From MIT Technology Review

In Parkinson’s patients, for example, neurons in the motor cortex—the brain center that coordinates voluntary motion—get locked in certain oscillations that increase in amplitude when a person moves, resulting in tremors and other movement deficits.

From Nautilus

The motor cortex controls how each part of our muscles move.

From Singularity Hub 

The 28-year-old had also previously controlled an external robotic arm using a neural interface wired up to his motor cortex, but in the latest experiment the researchers combined the two strands of research, with impressive results.

From Singularity Hub 

This is all possible because the central processor, the motor cortex, is still intact even after paralysis, at least for relatively simple movements such as reaching or grasping.

From Singularity Hub