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单词 motor neuron
释义

motor neuron

noun

: a neuron that passes from the central nervous system or a ganglion toward a muscle and conducts an impulse that causes movement

called also motoneuron

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web These proteins play a large part in the formation of motor neuron diseases. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 14 June 2022 The four types of SMA are ranked by severity and related to how much motor neuron protein a person’s cells can still produce. Jim Daley, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2021 Among them are Insilico Medicine, Kebotix and BenevolentAI; the last recently raised $115 million to extend its AI technology to the discovery of drugs for motor neuron disease, Parkinson’s and other hard-to-treat disorders. Jeff Carbeck, Scientific American, 14 Sep. 2018 Will Forest’s battle with an unclassified motor neuron disease progressed far more quickly than anyone expected. Alexei Koseff, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Aug. 2021 These proteins essentially function as an off button for motor neuron plasticity. Sarah Degenova Ackerman, The Conversation, 12 Apr. 2021 Also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, ALS is a motor neuron disease that impacts cells in the brain and spinal cord that affect muscles throughout the body. San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2021 Also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, after the New York Yankees first baseman whose career ended abruptly because of it, ALS is a motor neuron disease impacting cells in the brain and spinal cord that affect muscles throughout the body. San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2020 Players are also twice as likely to develop Parkinson's disease, approximately four times as likely to develop motor neuron disease and five times as likely to develop Alzheimer's disease. George Ramsay, CNN, 9 Nov. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

motor neuron

noun

: a neuron that passes from the central nervous system or a ganglion toward or to a muscle and conducts a nerve impulse that causes movement

called also motoneuron

compare interneuron, sensory neuron
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