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J Neurophysiol (February 22, 2006). doi:10.1152/jn.01126.2005
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Submitted on October 25, 2005
Accepted on February 19, 2006

Differential involvement of neurons in the dorsal and ventral premotor cortex during processing of visual signals for action planning

Eiji Hoshi1* and Jun Tanji1

1 Research Institute, Tamagawa University, Machida, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Physiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: hoshie{at}lab.tamagawa.ac.jp.

We examined neuronal activity in the dorsal and ventral premotor cortex (PMd and PMv, respectively) to explore the role of each motor area in processing visual signals for action planning. We recorded neuronal activity while monkeys performed a behavioral task during which two visual instruction cues were given successively with an intervening delay. One cue instructed the location of the target to be reached, and the other indicated which arm was to be used. We found that the properties of neuronal activity in the PMd and PMv differed in many respects. After the first cue was given, PMv neuron response mostly reflected the spatial position of the visual cue. In contrast, PMd neuron response also reflected what the visual cue instructed, such as which arm to be used or which target to be reached. After the second cue was given, PMv neurons initially responded to the cue's visuospatial features and later reflected what the two visual cues instructed, progressively increasing information about the target location. In contrast, the activity of the majority of PMd neurons responded to the second cue with activity reflecting a combination of information supplied by the first and second cues. Such activity, already reflecting a forthcoming action, appeared with short latencies (<400 ms) and persisted throughout the delay period. In addition, both the PMv and PMd showed bilateral representation on visuospatial information and motor-target or effector information. These results further elucidate the functional specialization of the PMd and PMv during the processing of visual information for action planning.




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