motor nerve


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Noun1.motor nerve - a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glandsmotor nerve - a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands
efferent, efferent nerve
anterior horn, anterior root, ventral horn, ventral root - one of two the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and that consists of motor fibers
efferent neuron, motoneuron, motor nerve fiber, motor neuron - a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord
nerve, nervus - any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
efferent fiber, motor fiber - a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the muscles or glands
corticospinal tract, pyramidal motor system, pyramidal tract - any of the important motor nerves on each side of the central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral root of the spinal cord
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PFN1 works in conjunction with EphA4 to control outgrowth of motor nerve terminals.
Gene Discovery Points to New Pathways and Treatment Strategy for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Contract notice: Acquisition of probe and electrodes for motor nerve stimulation equipment.
Acquisition Of Probe And Electrodes For Motor Nerve Stimulation Equipment
Velocity is measured by stimulating at a single site and the remaining measurements were similar to motor nerve conduction studies.
Clinical and electrophysiological study of leprous neuritis
Motor nerve conduction velocities (MNCVs) were not evoked in the distal lower limbs, while very low amplitudes of compound motor action potential and mildly decreased MNCVs in the other motor nerves were recorded.
Compound Heterozygote Mutation of C12orf65 Causes Distal Motor Neuropathy and Optic Atrophy
However, there were very few studies and insufficient data about peripheral motor nerve functions in patients with iron deficiency anemia (IDA) which is the leading cause for anemia in the general population.
Motor nerve conduction parameters in patients with iron deficiency anemia
We assumed that differences between ulnar motor nerve and median sensory nerve latencies could be used as an early and simple diagnostic method in CTS.
Is the difference between median sensory and ulnar motor latencies better than combined sensory index in carpal tunnel syndrome diagnosis?/Karpal tunel sendromu tanisinda median duyusal ve ulnar motor latans arasindaki fark, bilesik duyusal indeksten daha mi iyidir?
A motor nerve is responsible for supplying electrical impulses to a muscle.
How correct body alignment, muscular balance helped Hidilyn Diaz win her Olympic medal
Motor nerve conduction velocities (NCV), distal latencies (DL), and compound muscle action potentials (CMAP) of the median, ulnar peroneal, and tibial nerves were evaluated for testing the motor nerves.
Screening for electrophysiological abnormalities in chronic hepatitis C infection: peripheral neuropathy and optic neuropathy
On electrophysiological studies, clear myopathic units were seen in two of our patients, and findings on all motor nerve conduction studies were normal.
A South African family with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy: clinical and molecular genetic characteristics
Table-III: Distrubution of sensory and motor nerve impairment in patients with abnormal RRIV.
The clinical and neurophysiological study of leprosy
Immunohistochemical staining of scyphomedusae with monoclonal antibodies against [alpha]- or [beta]-tubulin shows a subumbrellar nerve net that has the distribution and neuronal characteristics of the motor nerve net that controls the swim musculature (Giant Fiber Nerve Net, also called the Motor Nerve Net; Horridge, 1956a, b; Schwab and Anderson, 1980; Anderson and Schwab, 1981).
Organization of the ectodermal nervous structures in medusae: cubomedusae
The sensory and motor nerve impairment as assessed by NCV was also comparable in the two groups (Table 2).
BCG immunotherapy as an adjunct to chemotherapy in BL-LL patients--its effect on clinical regression, reaction severity, nerve function, lepromin conversion, bacterial/antigen clearance and 'persister' M. leprae

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