Definition of motoneuron in English:
motoneuron
noun ˌməʊtə(ʊ)ˈnjʊərɒnˌmōdəˈn(y)o͞orˌän
another term for motor neuron
Example sentencesExamples
- Hypoglossal motoneurons, whose activity determines the position, shape, and stiffness of the tongue, are the principle focus for basic research aimed at understanding control of upper airway function.
- It has been shown that activity in the muscle spindles is influenced, via gamma motoneurons, by joint and ligament receptors.
- The morphology of this cell is identical to a well-studied neuron in goldfish that is monosynaptically activated by the Mauthner cell and in turn excites spinal motoneurons.
- We first tested fluorescent indicators by injecting them into muscle to backfill motoneurons in spinal cord.
- The basic functional unit of muscle is the motor unit, which consists of a motoneuron and the muscle fibers that it innervates.
- But because hypoglossal motoneurons and motor axons project to any one of the eight tongue muscles, it is unclear to which of these muscles the motoneuronal activities corresponded.
- The activity in each muscle fiber corresponds to seizure activity in the motoneuron that innervates it.
- The seizure activity in a particular muscle corresponds to activity in the motoneuron that innervates it.
- This technique rapidly became a standard way of testing the integrity of the nerve pathway from the motor area of the cerebral cortex to the motoneurons in the spinal cord.
- An improved understanding of the receptor subtypes involved in state-dependent control of upper airway motoneurons may help establish more effective treatments.