====== 1874 ======
[[1873]]-[[1875]]

The [[primary motor area]] in the posterior [[frontal lobe]] (Brodmann area 4) was first described by [[David Ferrier]] in [[1874]], who used electrical [[stimulation]] to map the [[cortex]] responsible for movement in monkeys 
((Ferrier D. Experiments on the brain of monkeys – No. I. Proc R Soc Lond. 1874;23:409–30.)).