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Functional role of the supplementary and pre-supplementary motor areas

Nachev, Parashkev, Kennard, Christopher, Husain, Masud·2008·Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Abstract

The supplementary motor complex consists of the supplementary motor area, the supplementary eye field and the pre-supplementary motor area. In recent years, these areas have come under increasing scrutiny from cognitive neuroscientists, motor physiologists and clinicians because they seem to be crucial for linking cognition to action. However, theories regarding their function vary widely. This Review brings together the data regarding the supplementary motor regions, highlighting outstanding issues and providing new perspectives for understanding their functions.

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  • Pre-SMA is associated with monitoring and selecting appropriate motor response output, and the superior parietal gyrus has an essential role in re-directing attention by promoting attention allocation to nonspatial properties of stimuli.

    “Pre-SMA is associated with monitoring and selecting appropriate motor response output (Nachev et al. 2008; Iannaccone et al. 2015) and the superior parietal gyrus has an essential role in re-directing attention by promoting attention allocation to nonspatial properties of stimuli (Mevorach et al. 2009; Wang et al. 2015).”

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Authors
Nachev, P., Kennard, C., & Husain, M.
Affiliations
UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology (GB)
Venue
Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Published
2008-10-09
Volume
9
Issue
11
Pages
856-869
ISSN
  • 1471-003X (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-0048
OpenAlex
W2072170505
Cited by
1,928
References
139
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature reviews. Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (WT073735AIA)
  • NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust/Institute of Cancer Research
  • National Institutes of Health
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Free Will and Agency
Keywords
supplementary motor area, supplementary eye field, pre-supplementary motor area, motor control, motor planning
MeSH terms
Animals, Cognition, Humans, Motor Cortex, Neural Pathways, Somatosensory Cortex, Visual Cortex, Visual Fields

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