Here we show that, immediately in front of the ventral part of the agranular premotor cortical area 6, there is a distinct cortical area that is architectonically comparable to human area 44 and that this monkey area 44 is involved with the orofacial musculature. 
In the present study, we compared the distribution of thalamocortical afferents of cortical area 4 to that of cortical area 6 in the dog, using fluorescent tracers.
Despite the great radial dispersion of migratory destinations of neurons born simultaneously, it was found that callosal birthdates in cortical area 6 extend from day E13 to day E15, a period that corresponds to the neurogenesis of layers III-V, where most callosal neurons come to be located in adults..
The cytoarchitecture and thalamic afferents of cortical area 6 located on the anterior sigmoid gyrus were mapped and analyzed in the dog by means of cytoarchitectonic, horseradish peroxidase (HRP), and autoradiographic methods.
Combining these data with those from other studies mapping neostriatal afferents from the cerebral cortex in the dog, it is apparent that the midlateral part of the caudate receiving input from VA also receives afferents from cortical area 6.
Most of these neurones were located in cortical area 6, close to the arcuate curvature and its spur, but also more caudally in area 4 and rostrally in area 8.
The anterior cerebral artery supplies most of cortical area 6 (premotor cortex), the intrafundal cruciate and medial postcruciate cortex, (hindlimb motor cortex), and the midline and medial portions of the sensory areas 3a-7.
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