The lower motor neuron homunculus

Penfield’s motor homunculus anthropomorphizes the cerebral level of motor control, the upper motor neuron. However, it leaves the cranial and spinal motor neurons unrepresented. Here Ravits and Stack redress the imbalance by presenting a lower motor neuron homunculus.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ravits, John, Stack, Julia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
Materias:
Essay
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9679163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36029046
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brain/awac310
_version_ 1784834132888518656
author Ravits, John
Stack, Julia
author_facet Ravits, John
Stack, Julia
author_sort Ravits, John
collection PubMed
description Penfield’s motor homunculus anthropomorphizes the cerebral level of motor control, the upper motor neuron. However, it leaves the cranial and spinal motor neurons unrepresented. Here Ravits and Stack redress the imbalance by presenting a lower motor neuron homunculus.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-9679163
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2022
publisher Oxford University Press
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-96791632022-11-22 The lower motor neuron homunculus Ravits, John Stack, Julia Brain Essay Penfield’s motor homunculus anthropomorphizes the cerebral level of motor control, the upper motor neuron. However, it leaves the cranial and spinal motor neurons unrepresented. Here Ravits and Stack redress the imbalance by presenting a lower motor neuron homunculus. Oxford University Press 2022-08-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9679163/ /pubmed/36029046 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brain/awac310 Text en © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Guarantors of Brain. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Essay
Ravits, John
Stack, Julia
The lower motor neuron homunculus
title The lower motor neuron homunculus
title_full The lower motor neuron homunculus
title_fullStr The lower motor neuron homunculus
title_full_unstemmed The lower motor neuron homunculus
title_short The lower motor neuron homunculus
title_sort lower motor neuron homunculus
topic Essay
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9679163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36029046
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brain/awac310
work_keys_str_mv AT ravitsjohn thelowermotorneuronhomunculus
AT stackjulia thelowermotorneuronhomunculus
AT ravitsjohn lowermotorneuronhomunculus
AT stackjulia lowermotorneuronhomunculus

Ejemplares similares