Cortical and subcortical interactions during action reprogramming and their related white matter pathways.

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The right inferior frontal gyrus (rIFG) and the presupplementary motor area (pre-SMA) have been identified with cognitive control-the top-down influence on other brain areas when nonroutine behavior is required. It has been argued that they "inhibit" habitual motor responses when environmental changes mean a different response should be made. However, whether such "inhibition" can be equated with inhibitory physiological interactions has been unclear, as has the areas' relationship with each ...

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Authors: Neubert, F; Mars, R; Buch, E; Olivier, E; Rushworth, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
• Volume: 107
• Issue: 30
• Pages: 13240-13245
• Publication date: 2010-07-09
• DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1000674107
• EISSN: 1091-6490
• ISSN: 0027-8424
• Language: English
• Keywords: Frontal Lobe; Female; Humans; Reaction Time; Psychomotor Performance; Neural Pathways; Evoked Potentials, Motor; Brain Mapping; Cerebral Cortex; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; Motor Cortex; Male; Magnetic Resonance Imaging