Parceling of mesial frontal motor areas during ideation and movement using functional magnetic resonance imaging at 1.5 tesla

Abstract
Finger movement–related responses were identified in there discrete sites of mesial frontal cortex in 7 normal subjects using high resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging. During imagination of the same movements there was a differential response with rostral areas more active than caudal areas. Humans have multiple motor areas in mesial frontal cortex that subserve different functions in motor planning and execution.