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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Coude G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3206851 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20111102 11
The voluntary control of phonation is a crucial achievement in the evolution of speech. In humans, ventral premotor cortex (PMv) and Broca's area are known to be involved in voluntary phonation. In contrast, no neurophysiological data are available about the role of the oro-facial sector of nonhuman primates PMv in this function. In order to address this issue, we recorded PMv neurons from two monkeys trained to emit coo-calls. Results showed that a population of motor neurons specifically fire ...[more]