Further Reading

  1. Amaral DG (2000) The anatomical organization of the central nervous system. In Principles of Neural Science, 4th Edition (ER Kandel, JH Schwartz, TM Jessell, Eds.) New York: McGraw-Hill, pp. 317-336.

  2. Amaral DG (2000) The functional organization of perception and movement. In Principles of Neural Science, 4th Edition (ER Kandel, JH Schwartz, TM Jessell, Eds.) New York: McGraw-Hill, pp. 337-348.

  3. Evarts EV (1968) Relation of pyramidal tract activity to force exerted during voluntary movement. J Neurophysiol 31: 14-27.

  4. Fu QG, Suarez JI, Ebner TJ (1993) Neuronal specification of direction and distance during reaching movements in the superior precentral premotor area and primary motor cortex of monkeys. J Neurophysiol 70: 2097-2116.

  5. Georgopoulos AP, Kalaska JF, Caminiti R, Massey JT (1982) On the relations between the direction of two-dimensional arm movements and cell discharge in primate motor cortex. J Neurosci 2: 1527-1537.

  6. Graziano, MSA, Taylor, CSR, Moore, T, Cooke, DF (2002) The cortical control of movement revisited. Neuron 36: 349-362.

  7. Iacoboni M, Dapretto M (2006) The mirror neuron system and the consequences of its dysfunction. Nature Rev Neurosci 7: 942-951.

  8. Iacoboni M, Molnar-Szakacs I, Gallese V, Buccino G, Mazziotta JC, Rizzolatti G (2005) Grasping the intentions of others with one’s own mirror neuron system. PLoS Biology 3(3):e79.

  9. Kakei S, Hoffman DS, Strick PL (1999) Muscle and movements representations in the primary motor cortex. Science 285:2136-2139.

  10. Kingsley, RH (2000) Concise Text of Neuroscience. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Willkins.

  11. Kohler E, Keysers C, Umilta MA, Fogassi L, Gallese V, Rizzolatti G (2002) Hearing sounds, understanding actions: Action representation in mirror neurons. Science 297: 846-848.

  12. Krakauer, J, Ghez, C (2000) Voluntary movement. In Principles of Neural Science, 4th Edition (ER Kandel, JH Schwartz, TM Jessell, Eds.) New York: McGraw-Hill, pp. 756-781.

  13. Manthey S, Schubotz RI, von Cramon DY (2003) Premotor cortex in observing erroneous action: an fMRI study. Cognit Brain Res 15: 296-307.

  14. Moran DW, Schwartz AB (1999) Motor cortical representation of speed and direction during reaching.  J Neurophysiol 82: 2676-2692.

  15. Nolte, J (2002) The Human Brain, 5th Edition. St. Louis: Mosby.

  16. Padoa-Schioppa C, Li CR, Bizzi E (2002) Neuronal correlates of kinematics-to-dynamics transformation in the supplementary motor area. Neuron 36: 751-765.

  17. Roland PE, Larsen B, Lassen NA, Skinhoj E (1980) Supplementary motor areas and other cortical areas in organization of voluntary movements in man. J Neurophysiol 43: 118-136.

  18. Saper, CB, Iversen S, Frackowiack R (2000) Integration of sensory and motor function: The association areas of the cerebral cortex and the cognitive capabilities of the brain. In Principles of Neural Science, 4th Edition (ER Kandel, JH Schwartz, TM Jessell, Eds.) New York: McGraw-Hill, pp. 349-380.

  19. Schieber, MH, Fuglevand, AJ (2003) Motor areas of the cerebral cortex. In The Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (L Nadel, Ed.) London: Macmillan, pp. 951-955.

  20. Weinrich M, Wise SP (1982) The premotor cortex of the monkey. J Neuroscience 2:1329-135.

Go back one page