motor neuron
noun
: a neuron that passes from the central nervous system or a ganglion toward a muscle and conducts an impulse that causes movement
called also motoneuron
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Walt’s project focused on early diagnosis and treatment options for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, a motor neuron disease that causes paralysis and affects roughly 30,000 people in the US.
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Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
On average, people with motor neuron disease die 27 months after diagnosis, though outcomes vary widely, with some people living decades afterward.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
But this past October, McCue, who is from the English town of Grimsby, was diagnosed with motor neuron disease (MND).
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
The role of survival motor neuron protein (SMN) in protein homeostasis
Clevland Clinic.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
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Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
On average, people with motor neuron disease die 27 months after diagnosis, though outcomes vary widely, with some people living decades afterward.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
But this past October, McCue, who is from the English town of Grimsby, was diagnosed with motor neuron disease (MND).
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
The role of survival motor neuron protein (SMN) in protein homeostasis
Clevland Clinic.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Motor neuron.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motor%20neuron. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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