Terms Related to Motor Neuron

• Gamma Motor Neuron

  Motor neurons which activate the contractile regions of intrafusal muscle fibers, thus adjusting the sensitivity of the muscle spindles to stretch. Gamma motor neurons may ...

• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Motor Neuron Disease

  A degenerative disorder affecting upper MOTOR NEURONS in the brain and lower motor neurons in the brain stem and SPINAL CORD. Disease onset is usually ...

• Motor Neuron Disease

  Diseases characterized by a selective degeneration of the motor neurons of the spinal cord, brainstem, or motor cortex. Clinical subtypes are distinguished by the major ...

• Efferent Neuron

  Neurons which send impulses peripherally to activate muscles or secretory cells.

• Upper Motor Neuron Facial Palsy

  Severe or complete loss of facial muscle motor function. This condition may result from central or peripheral lesions. Damage to CNS motor pathways from the ...

• Intercalated Neuron

  Most generally any neurons which are not motor or sensory. Interneurons may also refer to neurons whose axons remain within a particular brain region as ...

• Neuron-Glia Adhesion Molecules

  Cell adhesion molecules that mediate neuron-neuron adhesion and neuron-astrocyte adhesion. They are expressed on neurons and Schwann cells, but not astrocytes and are involved in ...