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A recent paper concludes that motor cortex represents a map of spatial locations to which movements are directed, but the use of high stimulation intensities complicates its interpretation.

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  1. Department of Neurobiology and Psychiatry, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 200 Lothrup St., W1640 Biomedical Science Tower, Pittsburgh, 15261, Pennsylvania, USA

    Peter L. Strick

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Strick, P. Stimulating research on motor cortex. Nat Neurosci 5, 714–715 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0802-714

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