| motor neuron disease |
degeneration of the nerves in the spinal cord and brain that are responsible for muscle movement, causing weakness and muscle deterioration
Ãâó: www.american-depot.com/services/resources_gl_m.asp
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| motor neuron |
A nerve cell that innervates muscle cells.
Ãâó: www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v4/n9/glossary/nrg1158_...
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| motilin |
A 22-amino-acid peptide produced in the mucosa of the small intestine, which stimulates contractions of the stomach and the release of pepsin.
Ãâó: www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v2/n8/glossary/nrn0801_...
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| motility |
Movement, eg, intestinal motility is the muscular contractions of the intestines which move the food from the stomach to the anus.
Ãâó: www.peteducation.com/dict_alpha_listing.cfm
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| motoneuron |
A nerve cell whose cell body is located in the brain and spinal cord and whose axons leave the central nervous system by way of cranial nerves or spinal roots. Motoneuron supply information to muscle. A motor unit is the combination of the motoneuron and the set of muscle fibers it innervates.
Ãâó: members.tripod.com/~cripkorner/glossary.html
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