Specific somatotopic organization of functional connections of the primary motor network during resting state.

ABSTRACT: Regions of the primary motor network are known to show a high level of spontaneous functional connectivity during rest. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies have reported the left and right motor cortex to form a single resting-state network, without examining the specific organization of the functional connections between subregions of the primary motor network. The primary motor cortex has a somatotopic organization, clearly separating regions that control our feet from regions that control our fingers and other body parts. In this study, 3 T resting-state fMRI time-series of 46 healthy subjects were acquired; and for all subregions along the precentral gyrus, the location of the maximum level of functional connectivity within the contralateral primary motor

SUBMITTER: van den Heuvel MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6871083 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature