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Motor Cortex Microcircuits

Motor Cortex Microcircuits is a neural circuit architecture that comprises localized, interconnected populations of excitatory and inhibitory neurons within the cerebral cortex, specifically organized to process and transmit motor commands through precise synaptic connectivity and laminar specialization.

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850

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2017–2026

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732

A disinhibitory circuit mediates motor integration in the somatosensory cortex

Soo‐Hyun Lee, Ilya Kruglikov, Z. Josh Huang et al. · Nature Neuroscience · 2013 · 823 citations · Full text

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The organization of the rat motor cortex: A microstimulation mapping study

Edward J. Neafsey, E. Luke Bold, Gretchen L. Haas et al. · Brain Research · 1986 · 711 citations

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Preparation for movement: neural representations of intended direction in three motor areas of the monkey

Garrett E. Alexander, M. D. Crutcher · Journal of Neurophysiology · 1990 · 702 citations

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Motor cortex plasticity during constraint-induced movement therapy in stroke patients

Joachim Liepert, Wolfgang H. R. Miltner, H. Bauder et al. · Neuroscience Letters · 1998 · 695 citations

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Two different areas within the primary motor cortex of man

Stefan Geyer, Anders Ledberg, Axel Schleicher et al. · Nature · 1996 · 660 citations

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Authors

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  1. JC
    John C. Rothwell

    University College London, United Kingdom

    20 publications · 2K citations

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  2. UZ
    Ulf Ziemann

    Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Germany

    13 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. SH
    Stephen H. Scott

    Queen's University, Canada

    11 publications · 958 citations

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  4. WP
    Walter Paulus

    University of Göttingen, Germany

    9 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. WD
    Winston D. Byblow

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

    8 publications · 287 citations

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Institutions

850

  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    27 h-index

    79 publications

    7.3K citations

  2. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    17 h-index

    46 publications

    2.3K citations

  3. Université de Montréal

    Montreal, Canada

    14 h-index

    32 publications

    4K citations

  4. National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

    London, United Kingdom

    14 h-index

    43 publications

    4.5K citations

  5. University of Göttingen

    Göttingen, Germany

    13 h-index

    48 publications

    5.4K citations

  6. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    13 h-index

    50 publications

    7.7K citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    13 h-index

    59 publications

    6.4K citations

  8. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    13 h-index

    38 publications

    3.3K citations

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  1. Journal of Neurophysiology

    JN · 63 publications · 6.6K citations

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  2. Experimental Brain Research

    54 publications · 4.6K citations

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  3. Journal of Neuroscience

    33 publications · 3.6K citations

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  4. Clinical Neurophysiology

    38 publications · 3.2K citations

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  5. Neuroscience Letters

    37 publications · 3K citations

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