オオバヤシ　シゲル   OBAYASHI Shigeru   大林　茂    所属   埼玉医科大学  医学部 総合医療センター　リハビリテーション科    職種   教授
論文種別	学術雑誌(原著)
言語種別
査読の有無	査読あり
表題	Functional brain mapping of monkey tool use
掲載誌名	正式名：NeuroImage ISSNコード：10538119
巻・号・頁	14(4),853-861頁
著者・共著者	Shigeru Obayashi,Tetsuya Suhara,Koichi Kawabe,Takashi Okauchi,Jun Maeda,Yoshihide Akine,Hirotaka Onoe,Atsushi Iriki
発行年月	2001
概要	When using a tool, we can perceive a psychological association between the tool and the body parts - the tool is incorporated into our"body-image."During tool use, visual response properties of bimodal (tactile and visual) neurons in the intraparietal area of the monkey's cerebral cortex were modified to include the hand-held tool. Visual properties of the monkey intraparietal neurons may represent the body-image in the brain. We explored tool use-induced activation within the intraparietal area and elsewhere in alert monkey brain using positron emission tomography (PET). Tool use-related activities compared with the control condition (simple-stick manipulation) revealed a significant increase in cerebral blood flow in the corresponding intraparietal region, basal ganglia, presupplementary motor area, premotor cortex, and cerebellum. These tool use-specific areas may participate in maintaining and updating the body-image for the precise guidance of a hand-held rake onto a distant reward. © 2001 Academic Press.
DOI	10.1006/nimg.2001.0878
PMID	11554804