A recent paper concludes that motor cortex represents a map of spatial locations to which movements are directed, but the use of high stimulation intensities complicates its interpretation.
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Strick, P. Stimulating research on motor cortex. Nat Neurosci 5, 714–715 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0802-714
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