Motor Neurons
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Dynamic encoding of movement direction in motor cortical neurons.

2 Nov 2009 When we perform a skilled movement such as reaching for an object, we can make use of prior information, for example about the location of the object in space. This helps us to prepare the movement, and we gain improved accuracy and speed during ... Read more...

Retrograde transport of a traditional Chinese medicine, alpha-trichosanthin, and its selective neural toxicity.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To investigate the peripheral neuronal toxicity of a traditional Chinese medicine, alpha-trichosanthin (TCS). METHODS: TCS and rhodamine-conjugated TCS were separately injected into the rat sciatic nerve. Saline and rhodamine were used ... Read more...

Regulation of trigeminal respiratory motor activity in the brainstem.

30 Oct 2009 The trigeminal motor system participates in the control of respiration as well as suckling and mastication. However, the central mechanism underlying respiratory activity in trigeminal motoneurons is not well-understood. In this study, we aimed to ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Motor Neurons'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Dynamic encoding of movement direction in motor cortical neurons. 2 Nov 2009
• Retrograde transport of a traditional Chinese medicine, alpha-trichosanthin, and its selective neural toxicity. 30 Oct 2009
• Regulation of trigeminal respiratory motor activity in the brainstem. 30 Oct 2009
• Functional recovery after lesion of a central pattern generator. 19 Oct 2009
• Nonlinear integration of visual and haltere inputs in fly neck motor neurons. 19 Oct 2009
• Activated protein C therapy slows ALS-like disease in mice by transcriptionally inhibiting SOD1 in motor neurons and microglia cells. 17 Oct 2009
• Trans-synaptic transmission of vesicular Wnt signals through Evi/Wntless. 14 Oct 2009
• Stringent specificity in the construction of a GABAergic presynaptic inhibitory circuit. 30 Sep 2009
• Excitotoxic motoneuron degeneration induced by glutamate receptor agonists and mitochondrial toxins in organotypic cultures of chick embryo spinal cord. 29 Sep 2009
• Sevoflurane preconditioning induces rapid ischemic tolerance against spinal cord ischemia/reperfusion through activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase in rabbits. 29 Sep 2009
• The primary locus of motor neuron death in an ALS-PDC mouse model. 21 Sep 2009
• Motoneuron transplantation rescues the phenotype of SMARD1 (spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1). 21 Sep 2009
• Distinct inhibitory neurons exert temporally specific control over activity of a motoneuron receiving concurrent excitation and inhibition. 21 Sep 2009
• Differences in the activation of inhibitory motoneuron receptors in the frog Rana ridibunda by GABA and glycine and their interaction. 21 Sep 2009
• Vagal gustatory reflex circuits for intraoral food sorting behavior in the goldfish: cellular organization and neurotransmitters. 18 Sep 2009
• Compartmentalization in the triceps brachii motoneuron nucleus and its relation to muscle architecture. 18 Sep 2009
• Sequestosome 1/p62 links familial ALS mutant SOD1 to LC3 via an ubiquitin-independent mechanism. 16 Sep 2009
• The antioxidant enzyme Prdx1 controls neuronal differentiation by thiol-redox-dependent activation of GDE2. 16 Sep 2009
• TDP-43 is recruited to stress granules in conditions of oxidative insult. 14 Sep 2009
• Voluntary motor output is altered by spike-timing-dependent changes in the human corticospinal pathway. 14 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Motor Neurons'

Definition: Neurons which activate muscle cells.

Descriptor UI: D009046

Alternative terms: Motor Neurons; Neurons, Motor; Motor Neuron; Neuron, Motor;

Related Mesh Headings: Neuromuscular Junction; Motor Neuron Disease;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; cytology; drug effects; enzymology; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; pathology; physiology; radiation effects; radiography; radionuclide imaging; secretion; transplantation; ultrastructure; ultrasonography; chemistry; virology;

Tree Number: A08.663.655.500; A11.671.655.500;

History Note: 66(64)

Technical Notes: efferent neurons activating muscle cells; A 11 qualif