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Everything about Sensorimotor network
Network of the brain used for somatosensory-informed coordination of movement
The sensorimotor network (SMN), also known as the somatomotor network, is a large-scale brain network that integrates external sensory input with internal motor output to plan and coordinate voluntary movement. At its core, the SMN includes cortical regions such as: the primary motor cortex (M1, precentral gyrus), the primary somatosensory cortex (S1, postcentral gyrus), the premotor cortex and the supplementary motor area (SMA). Additionally, the auditory cortex and the visual cortex may be included in the SMN as well. The SMN is activated during motor tasks, such as finger tapping, indicating that the network readies the brain when performing and coordinating motor tasks. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Sensorimotor networkA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Development of functional organization within the sensorimotor network across the perinatal periodInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Neural dynamics of adaptive sensory-motor controlThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Wireless sensor network surveyCited 4,848 times
- Go sideways: Basal gangliaA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Cortico-basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical loopA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Wireless sensor network survey
Human cortical sensorimotor network underlying feedback control of vocal pitch
Structural neuroplasticity in the sensorimotor network of professional female ballet dancers
Sensorimotor experience remaps visual input to a heading-direction network
Beta oscillations in the monkey sensorimotor network reflect somatosensory decision making
Sensorimotor network segregation declines with age and is linked to GABA and to sensorimotor performance
Investigating Default Mode and Sensorimotor Network Connectivity in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Sensorimotor network rewiring in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease
🆕 Influential since 2022
Development of functional organization within the sensorimotor network across the perinatal period
Stability of sensorimotor network sculpts the dynamic repertoire of resting state over lifespan
Early structural connectivity within the sensorimotor network: Deviations related to prematurity and association to neurodevelopmental outcome
Enhanced Dorsal Attention Network to Salience Network Interaction in Video Gamers During Sensorimotor Decision-Making Tasks
Bihemispheric sensorimotor oscillatory network states determine cortical responses to transcranial magnetic stimulation
📚 Books worth reading
Neural dynamics of adaptive sensory-motor controlStephen Grossberg · 1986
Dissipative solitonsNail N. Akhmediev · 2005
Neurobiology of the locus coeruleusJochen Klein · 1996
Somesthesis and the neurobiology of the somatosensory cortexO. Franzen, R. Johansson · 1996
Neurons Networks And Motor BehaviorDouglas G. Stuart · 1999- 📕Integrative control functions of the brainMasao Itō · 1978
Neurons, networks, and motor behaviorPaul S. G. Stein · 1997
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