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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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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Induced pluripotent stem cells from a spinal muscular atrophy patient
Spinal muscular atrophy is one of the most common inherited forms of neurological disease leading to infant mortality. Patients… Expand
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Onset and Progression in Inherited ALS Determined by Motor Neurons and Microglia
Dominant mutations in superoxide dismutase cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive paralytic disease… Expand
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Review
2006
Review
2006
ALS: A Disease of Motor Neurons and Their Nonneuronal Neighbors
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a late-onset progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting motor neurons. The etiology of most… Expand
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Inkjet printing of viable mammalian cells.
The purpose of this study was to explore the use of a commercial thermal printer to deposit Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) and… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a distal axonopathy: evidence in mice and man
The SOD1 mutant mouse is the most widely used model of human amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). To determine where and when the… Expand
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Wild-Type Nonneuronal Cells Extend Survival of SOD1 Mutant Motor Neurons in ALS Mice
The most common form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative disease affecting adult motor neurons, is caused… Expand
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Two Critical Periods of Sonic Hedgehog Signaling Required for the Specification of Motor Neuron Identity
Antibodies that block Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) signaling have been used to show that SHH activity is required for the induction of… Expand
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Floor plate and motor neuron induction by different concentrations of the amino-terminal cleavage product of sonic hedgehog autoproteolysis
The differentiation of floor plate cells and motor neurons can be induced by Sonic hedgehog (SHH), a secreted signaling protein… Expand
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Expression of the c-ret proto-oncogene during mouse embryogenesis.
The c-ret proto-oncogene encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase whose normal function has yet to be determined. To begin to… Expand
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Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
FUNCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CELL SIZE IN SPINAL MOTONEURONS.
SINCE THE BEGINNINGS OF NEUROHISTOLOGY it has been recognized that neurons within the central nervous system vary widely in size… Expand
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