Sensorimotor network

In neuroscience, the sensorimotor network (SMN) is a large-scale brain network . The SMN includes somatosensory (post-central gyrus) and motor (pre-central gyrus) regions and extends to the supplementary motor areas. Studies have shown that this network is activated during motor tasks such as finger tapping indicating that these regions may involve a pre-mediated state that ready the brain when performing and coordinating a motor task. Dysfunction in the SMN has been implicated in various neuropsychiatric disorders.