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Lower motor neuron
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Classification
Lower motor neurons are classified based on the type of muscle fiber they innervate:BOOK, Floeter, Mary Kay, 2010,weblink Structure and function of muscle fibers and motor units, 8th, Karpati, George, Hilton-Jones, David, Bushby, Kate, Griggs, Robert C, Disorders of Voluntary Muscle, Cambridge University Press, 978-0-521-87629-2, Chapter 1, Motor Neurons, pp. 1-2,- Alpha motor neurons (α-MNs) innervate extrafusal muscle fibers, the most numerous type of muscle fiber and the one involved in muscle contraction.
- Beta motor neurons (β-MNs) innervate intrafusal fibers of muscle spindles with collaterals to extrafusal fibers (type of slow twitch fibers).
- Gamma motor neurons (γ-MNs) innervate intrafusal muscle fibers, which together with sensory afferents compose muscle spindles.{{Clarify | date = June 2019 | reason = The 'which' clause contradicts the information just given about beta motor neuron innervating intrafusal muscle fiber as well.}} These are part of the system for sensing body position (proprioception).
Physiology
{{See also|Skeletal muscle#Cellular physiology and contraction|Muscle contraction#Skeletal muscle}}Glutamate released from the upper motor neurons triggers depolarization in the lower motor neurons in the anterior grey column, which in turn causes an action potential to propagate the length of the axon to the neuromuscular junction where acetylcholine is released to carry the signal across the synaptic cleft to the postsynaptic receptors of the muscle cell membrane, signaling the muscle to contract.Clinical significance
Damage to lower motor neurons, lower motor neuron lesions (LMNL) cause muscle wasting (atrophy), decreased strength and decreased reflexes in affected areas. These findings are in contrast to findings in upper motor neuron lesions. LMNL is indicated by abnormal EMG potentials, fasciculations, paralysis, weakening of muscles, and neurogenic atrophy of skeletal muscle. Bell's palsy, bulbar palsy, poliomyelitis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are all pathologies associated with lower motor neuron dysfunction.JOURNAL, Sanders, RD, The Trigeminal (V) and Facial (VII) Cranial Nerves: Head and Face Sensation and Movement., Psychiatry (Edgmont), Jan 2010, 20386632, 7, 1, 13â6, 2848459, JOURNAL, Van den Berg, etal, The spectrum of lower motor neuron syndromes, J. Neurol., November 2003, 14648143, 10.1007/s00415-003-0235-9, 250, 11, 1279â92, 25844355,See also
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