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syndrome_xy · Credits: 10937 My Scrapbook

Supramotor areas correspond to :
a. suplementary motor area
b. frontal eye fields
c. limbic system
d. supplementary motor and premotor area.

kirthi_pims · Credits: 183 My Scrapbook

answer is a) supplementary motor areas.
article:
Activation of the supplementary motor area during voluntary movement in man suggests it works as a supramotor area
JM Orgogozo and B Larsen

Measurements of cerebral blood flow in man revealed that complex voluntary movements are associated with a blood flow increase in the supplementary motor area of the brain. This increase is additional to and similar in magnitude to the Rolandic sensorimotor area activation that occurs during all kinds of movement. When subjects counted silently there was no activation of any focal cortical area in the brain; when they counted aloud there was a marked increase in activity in the supplementary motor area. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that the supplementary motor area plays a major role in the initiation and control of at least some kinds of voluntary movement in man and is, therefore, a motor center of a higher order than the primary Rolandic areas.

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