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motor cortex

American  

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of motor cortex

First recorded in 1885–90

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The study revealed a transformation in the working memory circuits located in the secondary motor cortex as the mice repeated the task through time.

From Science Daily May 15, 2024

The basal ganglia receives signals from the motor cortex as skaters leap and twirl in the air.

From New York Times Mar. 27, 2024

The motor cortex of the brain sends rapid signals to your muscles to prepare them for quick and forceful movements.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2023

Further, among the visual artists with FTD, the portion of the motor cortex that controls movement in the right hand also showed a relative increase in volume.

From Scientific American May 26, 2023

The nature of the movement is very fairly constant for separate points of this motor cortex as observed both in the same and in similar experiments.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

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