運うん動どう野や

noun

motor area (of the cerebral cortex)

Technical term in neuroscience; refers to the region of the cerebral cortex responsible for planning and executing voluntary movements. Often contrasted with 感覚野 (sensory area).

See also: 感覚野

• 運うん動どう野やが損そん傷しょうすると、随ずい意い運うん動どうに障しょう害がいが出でることがある。

  Damage to the motor area can cause impairments in voluntary movement.

• fMRIで運うん動どう野やの活かつ動どうを調しらべた。

  We examined motor area activity using fMRI.