The anatomy of manual dexterity : the new connectivity of the primate sensorimotor thalamus and cerebral cortex

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The anatomy of manual dexterity : the new connectivity of the primate sensorimotor thalamus and cerebral cortex

Ian Darian-Smith ... [et al.]

(Advances in anatomy, embryology and cell biology, v. 133)

Springer, 1996

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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1. 1 Purpose and Plan of This Review This review is focused on the topography and connections of some of the neuron populations that determine the manual dexterity of the macaque monkey. The populations selected for examination are the following: 1. The corticospinal neuron populations 2. The thalamocortical and corticothalamic neuron populations associated with the sensorimotor cortex 3. The ipsilateral cortical connections of the sensorimotor cortex These neuron populations have been chosen because of their obvious rel evance to the directed, intelligent use of the hands, but also because of their anatomical and functional interdependence. Corticospinal neuron populations transmit a complex, orchestrated output from a number of different regions of cerebral cortex to the neuron populations in every segment of the spinal cord, and this output includes the command information defining the intended manual action. The thalamocortical complex is especially concerned with the transmis sion and modulation or filtering of (a) visual, tactile, proprioceptive, vestibular, and auditory information to the cerebral cortex and (b) information from the cerebellum, basal ganglia, limbic system, and brain stem which is relevant to sensorimotor behavior. Finally, the extensive ipsilateral cortical connections constitute a major part of the supraspinal circuitry which coordinates the contri butions of all the cortical neuron popUlations contributing to intelligent sen sorimotor behavior and, in particular, transmits the cross talk between those cortical neuron populations which shape and control the dextrous handling of objects within reach.

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1 Introduction.- 1.1 Purpose and Plan of This Review.- 1.2 Primate Manual Dexterity.- 1.2.1 Using the Hand.- 1.2.2 Cerebral Cortex and Dexterity.- 1.2.3 Topography of Sensorimotor Pathways that Mediate Handling.- 1.2.4 Parallel Distributed Processing in Sensorimotor Pathways.- 2 Corticospinal Connections in the Primate.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 New Methods.- 2.2.1 Mapping the Distributions of Labeled Corticospinal Neuron Somas.- 2.3 Direct Corticospinal Projections.- 2.3.1 Origins and Projections.- 2.3.2 Multiple Corticospinal Neuron Populations in the Macaque.- 2.4 Morphology of Corticospinal Neurons.- 2.4.1 Intracortical Organization of Corticospinal Neurons: Soma/Dendrite Morphology.- 2.4.2 Axon Terminations of Corticospinal Neurons.- 2.4.3 Corticomotoneurons and Manual Dexterity.- 2.5 Indirect Corticospinal Projections.- 2.5.1 Corticorubrospinal Projections.- 2.6 Spinal Circuitry Mediating Supraspinal Control of Movement.- 2.6.1 Functionally Defined Interneuron Populations: Segmental and Propriospinal Connections.- 2.7 Postnatal Maturation of Corticospinal Pathways.- 2.7.1 Maturation of Manual Dexterity in the Macaque.- 2.7.2 Maturation of Direct Corticospinal Projections in the Rodent and the Macaque.- 2.8 Comment.- 3 The Primate Sensorimotor Thalamus.- 3.1 The Thalamus and Sensorimotor Behavior.- 3.2 Architecture of the Dorsal Thalamus.- 3.2.1 Cytoarchitecture: Three-Dimensional Maps of Thalamic Nuclei.- 3.3 Functional Groupings of Nuclei Within the Sensorimotor Thalamus.- 3.3.1 Subcortical Inputs to the Sensorimotor Thalamus.- 3.4 Thalamocortical Neuron Populations of the Sensorimotor Thalamus.- 3.4.1 Thalamic Territories.- 3.5 Neuron Circuitry of Sensorimotor Thalamic Nuclei in the Macaque.- 3.5.1 Relay Neurons and Interneurons in the Sensorimotor Thalamus.- 3.5.2 Neurons of the Thalamic Reticular Nucleus.- 3.5.3 Corticothalamic Neurons.- 3.5.4 Distributions of Terminal Axons Within Thalamic Nuclei.- 3.5.5 Synaptic Organization Within Thalamic Nuclei.- 3.6 The Pulvinar, Visually Directed Hand Movements, and Object Recognition.- 3.6.1 Topography and Cytoarchitecture.- 3.7 Comment.- 4 Sensorimotor Cortex.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Distribution of Visual Information in the Parietotemporal Cortex.- 4.3 Flow of Somatosensory Information in the Parietal Cortex in the Macaque.- 4.4 Visual Space, Tangible Space, and Their Neuronal Alignment.- 4.4.1 Which Spatial Parameters Need Central Representation?.- 4.5 Connections Between Parietotemporal, Cingulate, and Prefrontal Cortex.- 4.6 Cortical Connections of Corticospinal Neuron Populations.- 5 Summary and Comments.- 6 References.- 7 Subject Index.

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