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.
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Mushroom body efferent neurons responsible for aversive olfactory memory retrieval in Drosophila
Aversive olfactory memory is formed in the mushroom bodies in Drosophila melanogaster. Memory retrieval requires mushroom body… (More)
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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… (More)
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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… (More)
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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… (More)
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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… (More)
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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… (More)
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Altered segmental identity and abnormal migration of motor neurons in mice lacking Hoxb-1
SEGMENTATION of the vertebrate hindbrain into rhombomeres is important for the anterior–posterior arrangement of cranial motor… (More)
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
D1 and D2 receptor gene expression in the rat frontal cortex: cellular localization in different classes of efferent neurons.
The dopaminergic input to the frontal cortex has an important role in motor and cognitive functions. These effects are mediated… (More)
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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… (More)
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Efferent neurons and suspected interneurons in S-1 vibrissa cortex of the awake rabbit: receptive fields and axonal properties.
1. The behavioral tractability of the rabbit was exploited and enabled, in the fully awake state, receptive-field analysis of… (More)
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