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noun Cell Biology, Physiology.

a nerve cell that conducts impulses to a muscle, gland, or other effector.

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Also motoneuron.

Origin of motor neuron

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby motor neuron

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How to use motor neuron in a sentence

When their alarmed parents seek medical help, the babies will be diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy, or SMA, a neuromuscular disease in which certain motor neurons of the spinal cord progressively deteriorate.
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Peeking into the structure of the mice’s spinal cord, the team also found that antibiotics-treated mice had far more cell death in their motor neurons—a symptom of ALS progression.
Treating the Brain Through the Stomach: Tweaking the Gut Microbiome Slowed ALS in Mice|Shelly Fan|July 13, 2021|Singularity Hub
This neurotransmission then informs motor neurons in your legs and arm muscles to run to the toaster and pop up the smoking toast.
Explainer: What is a neuron?|Bryn St. Clair|April 22, 2021|Science News For Students
Sensory and motor neurons are two different classes of neurons.
Explainer: What is a neuron?|Bryn St. Clair|April 22, 2021|Science News For Students

It goes down your spine through motor neurons, and this is an electrical signal.
Facebook reveals plan to let you control augmented reality with your thoughts|Dalvin Brown|March 18, 2021|Washington Post
Hawking, 71, has been suffering from the debilitating motor neuron disease ALS for half a century.
A Brief History of Hawking’s Boycott|Matthew Kalman|May 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST