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. 2011 Mar 30;31(13):5145–5157. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5489-10.2011

Table 3.

Distribution of sensory and motor types in the cortical fields V6Ad and V6Av

V6Ad V6Av
Sensory types
    Visual cells 496/836 (59%) 852/1227 (69%)
        Low-level visual 175/496 (35%) 531/852 (62%)
        High-level visual 321/496 (65%) 321/852 (38%)
    Somatic cells 163/397 (41%) 39/227 (17%)
        Somatotopy
            Arm 126/163 (77%) 23/39 (59%)
            Trunk 10/163 (7%) 4/39 (10%)
            Leg 1/163 (1%) 1/39 (3%)
            Mixed 26/163 (15%) 11/39 (28%)
        Submodality
            Joint 128/137 (93%) 20/28 (71%)
            Deep 11/82 (13%) 6/21 (29%)
            Skin 31/104 (30%) 12/33 (36%)
Motor types
    Reach cells 133/151 (88%) 91/101 (90%)
        Spatial tuning
            Movement 54/75 (72%) 37/50 (74%)
            Hold 46/75 (61%) 28/50 (56%)
            Both 28/75 (37%) 15/50 (30%)
        Visual effect
            Visuomotor − 37/65 (57%) 19/51 (37%)
            Motor 16/65 (25%) 14/51 (27%)
            Visuomotor + 12/65 (18%) 18/51 (35%)
    Grasp cells 126/209 (60%) 108/211 (51%)
        Sensitive to wrist orientation 42/70 (60%) 30/59 (51%)
        Sensitive to grip types 84/139 (60%) 78/152 (51%)