[Structural basis of the cortical regulation of movement]

The author analyzes his own and literature data about a wide-scale presentation of motor functions in the cerebral cortex, about the structure of sensomotor area, overlapping of the cortical zones of movements and sensitivity, efferent supraspinal motor routes and subcortical motor formations of the brain at different levels and some aspects of the cortical regulation of the structures in health and disease. The concept of analyzers seems to be a promising approach to studies of the motor regulation system, particularly to generalization of the findings obtained heretofore; the structure of the cortical end of the motor analyzer is described.