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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A motor neuron.
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- noun A
motor neuron .
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- noun a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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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 Amanda R. Lorier et al. 2010
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We then examined whether ampakines counteract opioid-induced depression of XII motoneuron activity.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Amanda R. Lorier et al. 2010
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Impact of acute inflammation on spinal motoneuron synaptic plasticity following ventral root avulsion
BioMed Central - Latest articles Roberta Barbizan 2010
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We then examined whether ampakines counteract opioid-induced depression of XII motoneuron activity.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Amanda R. Lorier et al. 2010
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The animals were sacrificed and their lumbar spinal cords processed for immunohistochemistry, transmission electron microscopy, and motoneuron counting.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Roberta Barbizan 2010
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Primary motoneuron growth cones are initially huge and expansive, so the blue dancers should be outdoing the Mauthner cell as they move.
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Lin DM, Goodman CS (1994) Ectopic and increased expression of Fasciclin II alters motoneuron growth cone guidance.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Angela C. Poole et al. 2010
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Muscle paralysis after spinal cord injury is partly caused by a loss of brainstem-derived serotonin (5-HT), which normally maintains motoneuron excitability by regulating crucial persistent calcium currents.
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One in each group represents the primary motoneuron, and is dressed in brilliant blue.
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Therefore the objectives were to determine whether the depressant actions of μ-opioid receptor activation on inspiratory activity includes a direct inhibitory action at the inspiratory premotoneuron to XII motoneuron synapse, and to identify underlying mechanism (s).
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Amanda R. Lorier et al. 2010
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