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J Neurophysiol 38: 146-157, 1975;
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Journal of Neurophysiology, Vol 38, Issue 1 146-157, Copyright © 1975 by APS

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Role of monkey precentral cortex in control of voluntary jaw movements

E. S. Luschei and G. M. Goodwin

Monkeys were trained to produce a low, steady biting force for 0.5-2.5 s, and then a rapid forceful bite in response to a visual stimulus. After large bilateral lesions of the precentral face area, monkeys emitted repetitive forceful bites on the apparatus, but could not perform the force-holding task. They eventually relearned the task, but the force exerted was never as steady as it was prelesion, and often oscillated at about 2 and/or 5-6 Hz. After retraining, two animals with large bilateral lesions of the face area produced median RT responses equal to or only slightly longer than their prelesion performance, indicating that neural pathways not involving the precentral cortex can mediate quick visual RT responses. The variability of RTs was permanently increased, probably as a result of the persistent unsteadiness of the force-holding response. Incomplete bilateral lesions of the precentral face area, a complete unilateral lesion of that area, and bilateral lesions adjacent regions of cortex produced either mild, transient difficulties with the biting taks, or no problems at all. The results indicate that the precentral cortex has a role in the control of voluntary jaw movements. Lesions caused difficulty in controlling, but not producing, closing jaw movements, thereby suggesting that this role is predominantly to inhibit jaw-closing motoneurons or the systems that excite them. Electrical stimulation studies of the face area of the precentral cortex of the unanesthetized monkey point to the same conclusion.


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