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Motor Neuron Disease

Known as: disease motor neuron, motor neurone disease, disease motor neurone 
Diseases characterized by a selective degeneration of the motor neurons of the spinal cord, brainstem, or motor cortex. Clinical subtypes are… 
National Institutes of Health

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Abnormal involuntary movementAtaxiaIn BloodMicrobiological

Narrower (16)

Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisAnterior Horn Cell DiseaseFamilial Motor Neuron DiseaseLateral Sclerosis

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CNS disorderDegenerative Diseases, Central Nervous SystemDiseaseNeurodegenerative Disorders

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Review
2011
Review
2011
Neuroinflammation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: role of glial activation in motor neuron disease
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
CX3CR1 Deficiency Leads to Impairment of Hippocampal Cognitive Function and Synaptic Plasticity
The protective/neurotoxic role of fractalkine (CX3CL1) and its receptor CX3C chemokine receptor 1 (CX3CR1) signaling in… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Cannabinoids mediate analgesia largely via peripheral type 1 cannabinoid receptors in nociceptors
Although endocannabinoids constitute one of the first lines of defense against pain, the anatomical locus and the precise… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Bicyclist injury severities in bicycle-motor vehicle accidents.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Erythropoietin prevents motor neuron apoptosis and neurologic disability in experimental spinal cord ischemic injury
The cytokine erythropoietin (EPO) possesses potent neuroprotective activity against a variety of potential brain injuries… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Expression of Cerebellar Long-Term Depression Requires Postsynaptic Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Htra2-beta 1 stimulates an exonic splicing enhancer and can restore full-length SMN expression to survival motor neuron 2 (SMN2).
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a common motor neuron disease in humans, results from loss of functional survival motor neuron… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Visual processing impairment and risk of motor vehicle crash among older adults.
CONTEXT Motor vehicle crash risk in older drivers has been associated with visual acuity loss, but only weakly so, suggesting… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Arrest of motor neuron disease in wobbler mice cotreated with CNTF and BDNF.
Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) each promote the survival and differentiation of… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Control of cell pattern in the neural tube: Motor neuron induction by diffusible factors from notochord and floor plate
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