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The 24 pages that link to Motor neuron, each with the reason it gives.

• Neuromuscular junctionNarrower topic: Its axon forms the presynaptic side of the junction.

• NeuronBroader topic: Its output can activate muscle fibers and produce movement.

• Muscle contractionRelated: It initiates skeletal-muscle activation, but force is generated within the muscle fiber.

• Motor controlBroader topic: Motor neurons provide the final neural link between movement commands and muscle contraction.

• Peripheral nervous systemRelated: Motor neurons deliver central commands to peripheral effectors.

• Sensory neuronCompared with: Motor neurons usually send signals outward, whereas sensory neurons carry signals inward.

• Myasthenia gravisRelated: Its signal releases acetylcholine, whose effect is weakened in myasthenia gravis.

• Nerve conduction studyRelated: Motor studies trace signals from a motor nerve to the muscle response.

• AxonBroader topic: Its axon delivers signals that can produce muscle contraction.

• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosisNarrower topic: ALS progressively destroys upper and lower motor neurons that control voluntary muscles.

• Nervous systemBroader topic: Motor neurons deliver nervous-system output to effectors.

• Botulinum toxinNarrower topic: The toxin acts on motor-neuron endings, impairing their command to contract.

• Motor unitBroader topic: It is the controlling nerve cell at the center of each motor unit.

• Reflex arcRelated: It carries the arc’s output to the responding tissue.

• Muscle weaknessRelated: Motor-neuron dysfunction can weaken the muscles it controls.

• Somatic nervous systemRelated: Somatic motor commands reach skeletal muscle through motor neurons.

• TetanusRelated: Tetanospasmin alters inhibitory circuits controlling motor-neuron activity.

• Spinal muscular atrophyNarrower topic: The disease selectively damages motor neurons, disrupting signals to muscle.

• Lower motor neuronNarrower topic: Lower motor neurons are the motor neurons that directly innervate skeletal muscle.

• MyoclonusRelated: Motor-neuron output is the final neural path to a contracting muscle.

• Joseph ErlangerRelated: Fast-conducting motor fibers formed one functional group within the nerve signals studied by Erlanger and Gasser.

• Stiff-person syndromeNarrower topic: Disinhibited motor pathways produce the stiffness and spasms characteristic of the disorder.

• Invertebrate gangliaRelated: Motor neurons convey ganglionic commands to muscles and other effectors.

• Skeletal muscle crampRelated: Excessive motor-neuron activity is central to the leading explanation for many cramps.