Classical models have traditionally focused on the left posterior inferior frontal gyrus (Broca's
area) as a key region for motor planning of speech production. However, converging …

This review summarizes early human motor development. From early fetal age motor
behavior is based on spontaneous neural activity: activity of networks in the brainstem and …

Does “the motor system” play “a role” in speech perception? If so, where, how, and when?
We conducted a systematic review that addresses these questions using both qualitative …

Explaining the evolution of speech and language poses one of the biggest challenges in
biology. We propose a dual network model that posits a volitional articulatory motor network …

Purpose The goal of this article (PM I) is to describe the rationale for and development of the
Pause Marker (PM), a single-sign diagnostic marker proposed to discriminate early or …

Background The neural basis of task specificity in dystonia is still poorly understood. This
study investigated gray and white matter (WM) brain alterations in patients with task‐specific …

The oro‐facial sensorimotor system is a unique system significantly distinguished from the
spinal sensorimotor system. The jaw muscles are involved in mastication, swallowing and …

Abstract See Fujita and Eidelberg (doi: 10.1093/brain/awx305) for a scientific commentary
on this article. Focal dystonias are the most common type of isolated dystonia. Although their …

The laryngeal motor cortex (LMC) is essential for the production of learned vocal behaviors
because bilateral damage to this area renders humans unable to speak but has no apparent …

Background Essential tremor of voice (ETv) is characterized by involuntary oscillations of
laryngeal and upper airway muscles, causing rhythmic alterations in pitch and loudness …