You are a surgeon who is implanting a medical device in the brain of a patient with a persistent tremor in his right hand that obstructs his ability to write.Where do you implant the device that has been shown to dampen these tremors?
A) In the left corticospinal motor pathways because they control most fine,discrete muscle activity.
B) In the brainstem pathways because they control postural and most other coordinated body movements.
C) In the left somatosensory cortex because it initiates motor activity.
D) In the left corticospinal pathway or the left sensorimotor cortex that control movements of limbs on the right side of the body.
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