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Respuestas somatomotoras orofaciales en el homólogo del mono macaco del área de Broca

Michael Petrides¹, Geneviève Cadoret, Scott Mackey

¹Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada. petrides@ego.psych.mcgill.ca

|July 1, 2005

Resumen

Los científicos encontraron una región del cerebro de mono comparable al área de Broca humana (área 44). Esta área controla los músculos orofaciales, lo que sugiere un vínculo evolutivo con la producción del habla.

Área de la Ciencia:

La neurociencia es la neurociencia.
Anatomía comparada y anatomía comparada.
Investigación del cerebro de los primates.

Sus antecedentes:

El área del Broca humano (área citoarquitectónica 44) es crítica para la producción del habla.
Se ha debatido la existencia de un área comparable en los monos.
Comprender las regiones cerebrales homólogas ayuda a trazar las vías evolutivas de las funciones complejas.

Objetivo del estudio:

Para investigar si los monos poseen un área cortical análoga al área humana 44.
Caracterizar las propiedades arquitectónicas y funcionales de esta área potencialmente homóloga en macacos.
Para explorar los orígenes evolutivos de las áreas del cerebro relacionadas con el habla.

Principales métodos:

Análisis arquitectónico cuantitativo de las regiones del lóbulo frontal del macaco.
Registro electrofisiológico de la actividad neuronal.
Microestimulación eléctrica intracortical en el cerebro de macaco.

Principales resultados:

Identificó un área cortical distinta en los macacos, arquitectónicamente comparable al área humana 44.
Esta área de mono 44 se encuentra anterior a la parte ventral del área premotora agranular 6.
Los datos electrofisiológicos y de estimulación indican la participación en el control de la musculatura orofacial.

Conclusiones:

Un homólogo funcional y arquitectónico del área 44 humana existe en el cerebro del macaco.
Esta área probablemente evolucionó para el control de alto nivel de las acciones orofaciales, incluida la comunicación.
El área humana 44 puede haberse adaptado posteriormente para controlar aspectos específicos de la producción del habla.

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