Functional imaging of the brainstem during visually-guided motor control reveals visuomotor regions in the pons and midbrain.

ABSTRACT: Integrating visual information for motor output is an essential process of visually-guided motor control. The brainstem is known to be a major center involved in the integration of sensory information for motor output, however, limitations of functional imaging in humans have impaired our knowledge about the individual roles of sub-nuclei within the brainstem. Thus, the bulk of our knowledge surrounding the function of the brainstem is based on anatomical and behavioral studies in non-human primates, cats, and rodents, despite studies demonstrating differences in the organization of visuomotor processing between mammals. fMRI studies in humans have examined activity related to visually-guided motor tasks, however, few have done so while controlling for both force without visual feedback ac

SUBMITTER: Chu WT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8335153 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature