The prefrontal cortex and internally generated motor acts
Current Opinion in NeurobiologyPublished 1 December 1992Open access
Patricia S. Goldman‐Rakic, J.F. Bates, Matthew V. Chafee
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The neuroanatomical and neurophysiological data that have been obtained from experimental primates are converging on a framework for understanding the prefrontal influence on motor output that integrates the specializations of prefrontal, premotor and subcortical structures in the control of motor acts.
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The neuroanatomical and neurophysiological data that have been obtained from experimental primates are converging on a framework for understanding the prefrontal influence on motor output. The framework isolates internally memory-based functions from externally guided sensory-based functions, identifies the internally-based functions with prefrontal circuits, the sensory-based functions with premotor circuits, and integrates the specializations of prefrontal, premotor and subcortical structures in the control of motor acts.
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