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Results 1 - 10 of 109 for Motor neuron
  1. SMN1 gene 
    ... SMN1 gene provides instructions for making the survival motor neuron (SMN) protein. The SMN protein is found throughout ... for the maintenance of specialized nerve cells called motor neurons. These cells are located in the spinal cord ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/smn1 - Genetics
  2. SMN2 gene 
    ... SMN2 gene provides instructions for making the survival motor neuron (SMN) protein. The SMN protein is found throughout ... for the maintenance of specialized nerve cells called motor neurons. These cells are located in the spinal cord ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/smn2 - Genetics
  3. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 
    ... sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive disease that affects motor neurons, which are specialized nerve cells that control muscle ... the spinal cord and the brain. In ALS, motor neurons die (atrophy) over time, leading to muscle weakness, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis - Genetics
  4. Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy 
    ... of specialized nerve cells that control muscle movement (motor neurons). These nerve cells originate in the spinal cord and the part of the brain that is connected to the spinal cord (the brainstem).Spinal and bulbar muscular ... Citation on PubMed
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../spinal-and-bulbar-muscular-atrophy - Genetics
  5. Riboflavin transporter deficiency neuronopathy 
    ... reveals riboflavin transporter mutations as a cause of motor neuron disease. Brain. 2012 Sep;135(Pt 9):2875- ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...lavin-transporter-deficiency-neuronopathy - Genetics
  6. Spinal muscular atrophy 
    ... by a loss of specialized nerve cells, called motor neurons that control muscle movement. The weakness tends to ... Other forms of spinal muscular atrophy and related motor neuron diseases, such as spinal muscular atrophy with progressive ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/spinal-muscular-atrophy - Genetics
  7. ALS2 gene 
    ... the brain. This protein is particularly abundant in motor neurons, the specialized nerve cells in the brain and ... and dendrites, contribute to the progressive atrophy of motor neurons that is characteristic of this condition. More About ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/als2 - Genetics
  8. EXOSC3 gene 
    ... specialized nerve cells in the spinal cord called motor neurons, which play an essential role in muscle movement. ... from a loss of specialized nerve cells called motor neurons in the spinal cord.The EXOSC3 gene mutations ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/exosc3 - Genetics
  9. DYNC1H1 gene 
    ... vesicle transport in neurons that control muscle movement (motor neurons), leading to impaired neuronal growth, is thought to ... disease, with SMA-LED-associated mutations primarily affecting motor neurons and intellectual disability-associated mutations primarily affecting neurons ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/dync1h1 - Genetics
  10. C9orf72 gene 
    ... the brain and spinal cord that control movement (motor neurons). The C9orf72 protein is thought to be located ... clumps (aggregates). In ALS, the large size of motor neurons is thought to make these cells vulnerable to ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/c9orf72 - Genetics
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