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- A motor neuron (or motoneuron or efferent neuron) is a neuron whose cell body is located in the motor cortex, brainstem or the spinal cord, and whose axon...
- Alpha (α) motor neurons (also called alpha motoneurons), are large, multipolar lower motor neurons of the brainstem and spinal cord. They innervate extrafusal...
- A gamma motor neuronmotor neuron), also called gamma motoneuron, or fusimotor neuron, is a type of lower motor neuron that takes part in the process...
- Beta motor neuronsmotor neurons), also called beta motoneurons, are a kind of lower motor neuron, along with alpha motor neurons and gamma motor neurons...
- be so great it overcomes the excitatory effects on the muscle's alpha motoneurons causing the muscle to suddenly relax. This reflex is also called the...
- multi-nucleated myotube. During or shortly after myotube formation, motoneurons from the neural tube form preliminary contacts with the myotube. The...
- Collazos-Castro JE (September 2009). "Compartmentalization in the triceps brachii motoneuron nucleus and its relation to muscle architecture". The Journal of Comparative...
- secondary set of neurons also causes the opposing muscle to relax. Gamma motoneurons regulate how sensitive the stretch reflex is by tightening or relaxing...
- voluntary alpha motoneuron and all of the collective muscle fibers that it controls, known as the effector muscle. The alpha motoneuron communicates with...
- Retrieved 9 May 2018 – via www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) "motoneuron" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary...