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motoneuron

NOUN
  1. a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord

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  • However, in parapodial motoneurons, the action potential is initiated at or near the soma and travels to the axon terminal.
  • In the spinal column motoneuron denaturates in the mouse model, this can improve its mobility.
  • The basic functional unit of muscle is the motor unit, which consists of a motoneuron and the muscle fibers that it innervates.
  • The seizure activity in a particular muscle corresponds to activity in the motoneuron that innervates it.
  • An improved understanding of the receptor subtypes involved in state-dependent control of upper airway motoneurons may help establish more effective treatments.
  • This includes opiate-induced depression of hypoglossal motoneuron (XII MN) output, which activates the genioglossal muscle of the tongue and helps maintain an open airspace for effective breathing PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • Objective To study the protective effects of Schwann cell derived neurotrophic factor (SDNF) on motoneurons of spinal anterior horn from spinal root avulsion induced cell death.
  • Lin DM, Goodman CS (1994) Ectopic and increased expression of Fasciclin II alters motoneuron growth cone guidance. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • But because hypoglossal motoneurons and motor axons project to any one of the eight tongue muscles, it is unclear to which of these muscles the motoneuronal activities corresponded.
  • It has been shown that activity in the muscle spindles is influenced, via gamma motoneurons, by joint and ligament receptors.
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