"Motor Cortex" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Area of the FRONTAL LOBE concerned with primary motor control located in the dorsal PRECENTRAL GYRUS immediately anterior to the central sulcus. It is comprised of three areas: the primary motor cortex located on the anterior paracentral lobule on the medial surface of the brain; the premotor cortex located anterior to the primary motor cortex; and the supplementary motor area located on the midline surface of the hemisphere anterior to the primary motor cortex.
| Descriptor ID |
D009044
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.270.548 A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.814.624
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| Concept/Terms |
Motor Cortex- Motor Cortex
- Cortex, Motor
- Somatic Motor Areas
- Area, Somatic Motor
- Areas, Somatic Motor
- Motor Area, Somatic
- Motor Areas, Somatic
- Somatic Motor Area
- Somatomotor Areas
- Area, Somatomotor
- Areas, Somatomotor
- Somatomotor Area
- Motor Area
- Area, Motor
- Areas, Motor
- Motor Areas
Supplementary Motor Area- Supplementary Motor Area
- Area, Supplementary Motor
- Areas, Supplementary Motor
- Motor Area, Supplementary
- Motor Areas, Supplementary
- Supplementary Motor Areas
Premotor Cortex- Premotor Cortex
- Cortex, Premotor
- Cortices, Premotor
- Secondary Motor Areas
- Area, Secondary Motor
- Areas, Secondary Motor
- Motor Area, Secondary
- Motor Areas, Secondary
- Secondary Motor Area
- Secondary Motor Cortex
- Cortex, Secondary Motor
- Cortices, Secondary Motor
- Motor Cortex, Secondary
- Motor Cortices, Secondary
- Secondary Motor Cortices
- Premotor Area
- Area, Premotor
- Areas, Premotor
- Premotor Areas
Primary Motor Cortex- Primary Motor Cortex
- Cortex, Primary Motor
- Cortices, Primary Motor
- Motor Cortex, Primary
- Motor Cortices, Primary
- Primary Motor Cortices
- Primary Motor Area
- Area, Primary Motor
- Areas, Primary Motor
- Motor Area, Primary
- Motor Areas, Primary
- Primary Motor Areas
- Precentral Motor Cortex
- Cortex, Precentral Motor
- Cortices, Precentral Motor
- Motor Cortex, Precentral
- Motor Cortices, Precentral
- Precentral Motor Cortices
- Motor Strip
- Motor Strips
- Strip, Motor
- Strips, Motor
- Precentral Motor Area
- Area, Precentral Motor
- Areas, Precentral Motor
- Motor Area, Precentral
- Motor Areas, Precentral
- Precentral Motor Areas
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Motor Cortex" by people in this website by year, and whether "Motor Cortex" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 1996 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1998 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 1999 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2000 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2001 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2002 | 18 | 5 | 23 |
| 2003 | 20 | 6 | 26 |
| 2004 | 20 | 13 | 33 |
| 2005 | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| 2006 | 15 | 6 | 21 |
| 2007 | 20 | 10 | 30 |
| 2008 | 12 | 15 | 27 |
| 2009 | 27 | 11 | 38 |
| 2010 | 23 | 10 | 33 |
| 2011 | 19 | 7 | 26 |
| 2012 | 24 | 6 | 30 |
| 2013 | 21 | 12 | 33 |
| 2014 | 22 | 15 | 37 |
| 2015 | 35 | 9 | 44 |
| 2016 | 25 | 6 | 31 |
| 2017 | 29 | 10 | 39 |
| 2018 | 40 | 5 | 45 |
| 2019 | 20 | 10 | 30 |
| 2020 | 39 | 4 | 43 |
| 2021 | 32 | 5 | 37 |
| 2022 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| 2024 | 16 | 5 | 21 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Motor Cortex" by people in Profiles.
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Noninvasive brain stimulation beyond the motor cortex: a systematic review and meta-analysis exploring effects on quantitative sensory testing in clinical pain. Pain Med. 2025 Feb 01; 26(2):98-111.
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Fluoxetine does not influence response to continuous theta burst stimulation in human motor cortex. Neuropsychopharmacol Rep. 2025 Mar; 45(1):e12493.
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TMS-induced phase resets depend on TMS intensity and EEG phase. J Neural Eng. 2024 Oct 24; 21(5).
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Coupling of Slow Oscillations in the Prefrontal and Motor Cortex Predicts Onset of Spindle Trains and Persistent Memory Reactivations. J Neurosci. 2024 Oct 23; 44(43).
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Learning and Control in Motor Cortex across Cell Types and Scales. J Neurosci. 2024 Oct 02; 44(40).
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Representing the dynamics of natural marmoset vocal behaviors in frontal cortex. Neuron. 2024 Nov 06; 112(21):3542-3550.e3.
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Safety and efficacy of targeting the supplementary motor area with double-cone deep transcranial magnetic stimulation vs figure-eight coil in treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder with comorbid major depressive disorder. J Psychiatr Res. 2024 Nov; 179:295-299.
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Reducing pain by improving brain and muscle activity with motor cortical neuromodulation in women with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2024 Sep 12; 25(1):609.
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Chronic adaptive deep brain stimulation versus conventional stimulation in Parkinson's disease: a blinded randomized feasibility trial. Nat Med. 2024 Nov; 30(11):3345-3356.
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A computational study of how an α- to γ-motoneurone collateral can mitigate velocity-dependent stretch reflexes during voluntary movement. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Aug 20; 121(34):e2321659121.