Definitions

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

[moto(r) + neuron.]

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Examples

  • 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

  • We then examined whether ampakines counteract opioid-induced depression of XII motoneuron activity.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Amanda R. Lorier et al. 2010

  • Impact of acute inflammation on spinal motoneuron synaptic plasticity following ventral root avulsion

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Roberta Barbizan 2010

  • We then examined whether ampakines counteract opioid-induced depression of XII motoneuron activity.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Amanda R. Lorier et al. 2010

  • 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

  • Primary motoneuron growth cones are initially huge and expansive, so the blue dancers should be outdoing the Mauthner cell as they move.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • 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

  • 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.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Katherine C Murray 2010

  • One in each group represents the primary motoneuron, and is dressed in brilliant blue.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • 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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