Cortical activations in humans grasp-related areas depend on hand used and handedness.

BACKGROUND: In non-human primates grasp-related sensorimotor transformations are accomplished in a circuit involving the anterior intraparietal sulcus (area AIP) and both the ventral and the dorsal sectors of the premotor cortex (vPMC and dPMC, respectively). Although a human homologue of such a cir...

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Main Authors: Chiara Begliomini, Cristian Nelini, Andrea Caria, Wolfgang Grodd, Umberto Castiello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2561002?pdf=render