Table 2.

Anatomical limits of the dorsal PMC according to literature data

Rostral limit	PCS (1)	Moore et al., 2000; Schubotz and von Cramon, 2003
	10 mm anterior to the PCS (2)	Fink et al., 1997
Caudal limit	Anterior margin of the CS (3)	Fink et al., 1997; White et al., 1997
	The junction between the anterior third and the two‐third posterior of the precentral gyrus (4)	Alkadhi et al., 2002
Dorsal limit	Boundary between the lateral and mesial surfaces of the frontal cortex (5)	Grafton et al., 1996
	Dorsolateral surface of the frontal cortex (6)	Mayka et al., 2006; Tanji and Hoshi, 2009
Ventral limit	Posterior prolongation of the iFS (7)	Grèzes and Decety, 2001; Picard and Strick, 2001
	At a dorsoventral level located between the sFS and the iFS (8)	Rizzolatti et al., 2002; Schubotz and von Cramon, 2003

The numbers between parentheses refer to Figure 10.