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- Motor_neuron abstract "A motor neuron (or motoneuron) is a nerve cell (neuron) whose cell body is located in the spinal cord and whose fiber (axon) projects outside the spinal cord to directly or indirectly control muscles. Motor neurons are efferent nerves (also called effector neurons), that carry signals from the spinal cord to the muscles to produce (effect) movement. Types of motor neurons are alpha motor neurons, beta motor neurons and gamma motor neurons.Clinical neuroscientists refer to upper and lower motoneurons, with the cell type described above being a lower motoneuron. Upper motoneurons are cortico-spinal interneurons that arise from the motor cortex and descend to the spinal cord where they activate the lower motoneurons through synapses. Non-clinical neuroscientists tend to restrict the use of the term 'motoneuron' to the efferent neurons that actually innervate muscles (the lower motoneurons).A single motor neuron may innervate many muscle fibres (muscle cells), and a muscle fibre can undergo many action potentials in the time taken for a single muscle twitch. As a result, if an action potential arrives before a twitch has completed, the twitches can superimpose on one another, either through summation or tetanus. In summation, the muscle is stimulated repetitively such that additional action potentials coming from the somatic nervous system arrive before the end of the twitch. The twitches thus superimpose on one another, leading to a force greater than that of a single twitch. On the other hand, tetanus is caused by constant, very high frequency stimulation - the action potentials come at such a rapid rate that individual twitches are indistinguishable, and tension rises smoothly eventually reaching a plateau.".
- Motor_neuron thumbnail Medulla_oblongata_-_posterior_-_cn_xii_-_very_high_mag.jpg?width=300.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageID "152964".
- Motor_neuron wikiPageLength "11140".
- Motor_neuron wikiPageOutDegree "104".
- Motor_neuron wikiPageRevisionID "683665465".
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink ACh.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Acetylcholine.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Action_potential.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Action_potentials.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Alpha_motor_neuron.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Animal_locomotion.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Anterior_grey_column.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Anterior_horn_of_spinal_cord.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Arteries.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Artery.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Autonomic_nervous_system.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Axon.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Axons.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Beta_motor_neuron.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Betz_cell.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Blood_vessel.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Branchiomeric_musculature.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Cardiac_muscle.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Category:Efferent_neurons.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Category:Motor_system.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Cell_body.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Central_chromatolysis.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Central_nervous_system.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Chemical_synapse.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Cholinergic.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Corticospinal_tract.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Cranial_nerve_nuclei.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Cranial_nerve_nucleus.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Efferent_nerve.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Efferent_nerve_fiber.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Efferent_nerves.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Electrophysiology.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Extrafusal_muscle_fiber.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Gamma_motor_neuron.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Ganglia.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Ganglion.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Gill.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Gills.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Glutamate.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Glutamic_acid.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Hypoglossal_nucleus.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Intercostal_muscle.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Intercostal_muscles.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Intrafusal_muscle_fiber.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Invertebrate.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Invertebrates.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink LFB_stain.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Lower_motor_neuron.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Luxol_fast_blue_stain.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Micrograph.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Motor_dysfunction.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Motor_neuron_disease.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Motor_skill.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Motor_unit.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Muscle.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Muscle_cells.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Muscle_fiber.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Muscle_relaxant.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Muscle_relaxants.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Muscle_spindle.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Muscle_tone.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Myocyte.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink NMJ.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Nerve.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Nerve_fiber.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Nerves.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Neuromuscular_junction.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Neuron.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Neurotransmitter.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Nissl_body.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Nissl_substance.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Noradrenaline.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Norepinephrine.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Organ_(anatomy).
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Parasympathetic.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Parasympathetic_nervous_system.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Peripheral_nervous_system.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Pharyngeal_musculature.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Postsynaptic.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Preganglionic.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Preganglionic_nerve_fibers.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Primary_motor_cortex.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Pyramidal_tracts.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Receptor_(biochemistry).
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Sensory_neuron.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Skeletal_muscle.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Skeletal_muscles.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Smooth_muscle_tissue.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Smooth_muscles.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Soma_(biology).
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Somatic_nervous_system.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Spinal_cord.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Stretch_reflex.
- Motor_neuron wikiPageWikiLink Summation_(neurophysiology).