 Motor Neurons
"Motor Neurons" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Neurons which activate MUSCLE CELLS.
| Descriptor ID |
D009046
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.675.655.500 A11.671.655.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Motor Neurons- Motor Neurons
- Motor Neuron
- Neuron, Motor
- Neurons, Motor
- Motoneurons
- Motoneuron
Motor Neurons, Alpha- Motor Neurons, Alpha
- Alpha Motor Neuron
- Alpha Motor Neurons
- Motor Neuron, Alpha
- Neuron, Alpha Motor
- Neurons, Alpha Motor
- Alpha Motorneurons
- Alpha Motorneuron
- Motorneuron, Alpha
- Motorneurons, Alpha
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Motor Neurons" by people in this website by year, and whether "Motor Neurons" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Motor Neurons" by people in Profiles.
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Weinman LE, Lykidis A, Amiridis IG, Sahinis C, Enoka RM. Two anatomically distinct motor unit modes in tibialis anterior during submaximal isometric contractions. J Neurophysiol. 2026 Jan 01; 135(1):214-226.
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Moffatt C, Arora A, Vaeth KF, Guzman BB, Bhardwaj G, Hoelscher A, Gifford LB, Russ HA, Dominguez D, Taliaferro JM. TDP-43 directly inhibits mRNA accumulation in neurites through modulation of mRNA stability. EMBO J. 2026 Feb; 45(3):692-721.
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Weinman LE, Koger K, Toninelli N, Henry M, Enoka RM. Discharge characteristics of motor units in FDI vary with load compliance but comprise a single neural module during submaximal isometric contractions. J Neurophysiol. 2026 Feb 01; 135(2):335-347.
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Del Vecchio A, Casolo A, Enoka RM, Farina D. Changes in neural drive after strength training are better estimated from absolute than normalized EMG amplitude. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2026 Jan 01; 140(1):177-187.
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Henry M, Darendeli A, Tvrdy T, Daneshgar S, Enoka RM. Influence of age and feedback modality on the proprioceptive sense of force: insights from motor unit recordings. J Neurophysiol. 2025 Apr 01; 133(4):1103-1115.
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Tsiouri C, Amiridis IG, Angelou A, Varvariotis N, Sahinis C, Kannas T, Hatzitaki V, Enoka RM. Role of motor unit activity in flexor digitorum brevis to maintain balance during forward leaning. J Sports Sci. 2025 Mar; 43(5):468-476.
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Tvrdy T, Henry M, Enoka RM. Influence of the variability in motor unit discharge times and neural drive on force steadiness during submaximal contractions with a hand muscle. J Neurophysiol. 2025 Feb 01; 133(2):697-708.
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Bosquez Huerta NA, Lee ZF, Christine Song EA, Woo J, Cheng YT, Sardar D, Sert O, Maleki E, Yu K, Akdemir ES, Sanchez K, Jo J, Rasband MN, Lee HK, Harmanci AS, Deneen B. Sex-specific astrocyte regulation of spinal motor circuits by Nkx6.1. Cell Rep. 2025 01 28; 44(1):115121.
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Avrillon S, Hug F, Enoka RM, Caillet AHD, Farina D. The identification of extensive samples of motor units in human muscles reveals diverse effects of neuromodulatory inputs on the rate coding. Elife. 2024 Dec 09; 13.
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Farina D, Merletti R, Enoka RM. The extraction of neural strategies from the surface EMG: 2004-2024. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2025 Jan 01; 138(1):121-135.
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