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Motor Neurons, Gamma

Known as: Fusimotor Neuron, Gamma Motorneurons, Neurons, Gamma Motor 
Motor neurons which activate the contractile regions of intrafusal SKELETAL MUSCLE FIBERS, thus adjusting the sensitivity of the MUSCLE SPINDLES to… 
National Institutes of Health

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MicrobiologicalMuscle SpindlesNerve TissuePeripheral Nervous System

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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Distribution of glutamic acid decarboxylase mRNA‐containing neurons in rat medulla projecting to thoracic spinal cord in relation to monoaminergic brainstem neurons
Recent neurophysiological work has suggested the existence of monosynaptic γ‐aminobutyric acidergic (GABAergic) projections from… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Localization of glial cell line‐derived neurotrophic factor receptor alpha and c‐ret mRNA in rat central nervous system
Glial cell line‐derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) is a neurotrophic factor that influences the survival and function of several… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
CNS monoamine cell groups projecting to pancreatic vagal motor neurons: a transneuronal labeling study using pseudorabies virus
Review
1991
Review
1991
Spinal respiratory motoneurons
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Reflex changes in muscle spindle discharge during a voluntary contraction.
1. This study was undertaken to determine whether low-threshold cutaneous and muscle afferents from mechanoreceptors in the foot… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Multiple neuropeptides in cholinergic motor neurons of Aplysia: evidence for modulation intrinsic to the motor circuit.
Changes in Aplysia biting responses during food arousal are partially mediated by the serotonergic metacerebral cells (MCCs). The… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Effect of training on voluntary activation of human fusimotor neurons.
The study was designed to determine if human subjects could develop a strategy that would allow them to activate muscle spindle… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Regional characteristics of stress-induced increases in brain noradrenaline release in rats
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The structure and function of serially homologous leg motor neurons in the locust. I. Anatomy.
Twenty-one prothoracic and 17 mesothoracic motor neurons innervating leg muscles have been identified physiologically and… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Localization of cholinergic muscarinic receptors in rat brain by light microscopic radioautography
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