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Motor nerve

Known as: Nervus motorius, motor nerves, nerve motor 
General anatomical term applied to nerves in which somatic efferent nerve fibers predominate.
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Optical measurements of activity-dependent membrane recycling in motor nerve terminals of mammalian skeletal muscle
Motor nerve terminals in a variety of rat and mouse skeletal muscles were stained in an activity-dependent fashion using the… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Meaningful Degrees of Prevention or Improvement of Nerve Conduction in Controlled Clinical Trials of Diabetic Neuropathy
Use of nerve conduction in assessing therapy in preventing or ameliorating neuropathy is desirable because abnormalities of nerve… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Selective Effects of Myo-inositol Administration on Sciatic and Tibial Motor Nerve Conduction Parameters in the Streptozocin-Diabetic Rat
Time-dependent effects of experimental diabetes and dietary myo-inositol supplementation on motor nerve conduction velocity (MNCV… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Role of the motor nerve in activity-induced enzymatic adaptation in skeletal muscle.
The sciatic nerve was cut on one side in 11 male cats, and a piece of the nerve was removed. The cats were then divided at random… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
A quantitative comparison of motor and sensory conduction velocities in short- and long-term streptozotocin- and alloxan-diabetic rats
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Mechanisms controlling choline transport and acetylcholine synthesis in motor nerve terminals during electrical stimulation
Electrical stimulation of the chick ciliary nerve leads to a frequency- dependent increase in the Na+-dependent high affinity… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Relationships between lead absorption and peripheral nerve conduction velocities in lead workers.
The motor sensory, and mixed nerve conduction velocities of median and posterior tibial nerves were measured in 39 lead workers… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Muscle fibrillation induced by blockage of axoplasmic transport in motor nerves.
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
Clinical value of motor nerve conduction velocity determination.
It is important to distinguish between neuropathic diseases that primarily affect the nerve axon and those affecting the anterior… 
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
The effects of osmotic pressure changes on the spontaneous activity at motor nerve endings
Fatt & Katz (1952) described a particularly striking effect on the frequency of the spontaneous miniature end-plate potentials (e… 
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