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Neurons, Efferent

Known as: Efferent Neurons, Efferent Neuron, Motor Neurons 
A neuron that sends impulses from the central nervous system to skeletal muscles, glands, and visceral organs.
National Institutes of Health

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Autonomic nerve structureMotor Neurons
MicrobiologicalNerve TissueNeuroeffector JunctionProcess of secretion

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NervePeripheral Nervous Systemneuron type

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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
ß Federation of European Neuroscience Societies Mirror
  • 2003
  • Corpus ID: 1915143
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Constraint-Induced Therapy in Stroke: Magnetic-Stimulation Motor Maps and Cerebral Activation
Constraint-induced movement therapy (CI), a standardized intensive rehabilitation intervention, was given to patients a year or… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Interstitial Cells of Cajal Mediate Cholinergic Neurotransmission from Enteric Motor Neurons
Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) are interposed between enteric neurons and smooth muscle cells in gastrointestinal muscles. The… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Clonal analysis of Drosophila embryonic neuroblasts: neural cell types, axon projections and muscle targets.
An experimental analysis of neurogenesis requires a detailed understanding of wild-type neural development. Recent DiI cell… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Active Suppression of Interneuron Programs within Developing Motor Neurons Revealed by Analysis of Homeodomain Factor HB9
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Diminished Sonic hedgehog signaling and lack of floor plate differentiation in Gli2 mutant mice.
Floor plate cells at the midline of the neural tube are specified by high-level activity of Sonic hedgehog (Shh) secreted by… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Motor Neurons Are Selectively Vulnerable to AMPA/Kainate Receptor-Mediated Injury In Vitro
The nonphosphorylated neurofilament marker SMI-32 stains motor neurons in spinal cord slices and stains a subset of cultured… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
The descending auditory pathway and acousticomotor systems: connections with the inferior colliculus
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Efferent synaptic connections of grafted dopaminergic neurons reinnervating the host neostriatum: a tyrosine hydroxylase immunocytochemical study
In adult rats with a unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine-induced destruction of the nigrostriatal dopamine (DA) pathway, grafts of… 
Review
1983
Review
1983
A theory of the functional organization of the neostriatum and the neostriatal control of voluntary movement
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