Sensory input modifying central motor actions.
Motor output is often initiated by sensory stimuli and continuously monitored during execution by sensory input, except for the fastest movements. Recent experiments in animals explored the interaction between classical sensory and motor areas of the central nervous system during motor tasks. In man, evoked potentials can give an estimate of involvement of these structures. In analogy, nystagmus has been analyzed in primates, where a more complete description of the sensorimotor process is possible.
D000818:Animals; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D006801:Humans; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; D009760:Nystagmus, Physiologic; D011323:Primates; D012677:Sensation; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D013788:Thalamus / Q000502:physiology; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000502:physiology; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology