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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-1-13
pubmed:abstractText
Skilled gestures require the integrity of the neural networks involved in storage, retrieval, and execution of motor programs. Premotor cortex and/or parietal cortex lesions frequently produce deficits during performance of gestures, transitive more than intransitive. The dorsal stream links object information with object action, suggesting that mechanical knowledge of tool use is stored focally in the brain. Using event-related fMRI, we explored activity during instructed-delay transitive and intransitive hand gestures. The comparison between planning-preparation and execution of gestures demonstrated a temporal rostral to caudal gradient of activation in the ventral premotor cortex (PMv) and inferior to superior gradient of activation in the posterior parietal cortex (PPc). Comparison between transitive and intransitive gestures established a functional specificity within the dorsal stream for mechanical knowledge. Results demonstrate that not only PPc but also the PMv acts in the processing of sensorimotor information during gestures. This might be the substrate underlying selective deficits in ideomotor apraxia patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1053-8119
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
417-28
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
The role of the dorsal stream for gesture production.
pubmed:affiliation
Human Motor Control Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10, Rm. 5N226, 10 Center Drive, MSC-1438, Bethesda, MD 20892-1428, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial