Article ; Online: Somatosensory cortex of macaque monkeys is designed for opposable thumb.
Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)
2022 Volume 33, Issue 1, Page(s) 195–206
Abstract: The evolution of opposable thumb has enabled fine grasping ability and precision grip, therefore the ability to finely manipulate the objects and refined tool use. Since tactile inputs to an opposable thumb are often spatially and temporally out of sync ... ...
| Abstract | The evolution of opposable thumb has enabled fine grasping ability and precision grip, therefore the ability to finely manipulate the objects and refined tool use. Since tactile inputs to an opposable thumb are often spatially and temporally out of sync with inputs from the fingers, we hypothesized that inputs from the opposable thumb would be processed in an independent module in the primary somatosensory cortex (area 3b). Here we show that in area 3b of macaque monkeys, most neurons in the thumb representation do not respond to tactile stimulation of other digits and receive few intrinsic cortical inputs from other digits. However, neurons in the representations of other 4 digits respond to touch on any of the 4 digits and interconnect significantly more. The thumb inputs are thus processed in an independent module, whereas there is a significantly more interdigital information exchange between the other digits. This cortical organization reflects behavioral use of a hand with an opposable thumb. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Animals ; Somatosensory Cortex/physiology ; Thumb ; Macaca ; Haplorhini ; Brain Mapping |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2022-02-25 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| ZDB-ID | 1077450-6 |
| ISSN | 1460-2199 ; 1047-3211 |
| ISSN (online) | 1460-2199 |
| ISSN | 1047-3211 |
| DOI | 10.1093/cercor/bhac061 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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