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Results 1 - 10 of 19 for Upper motor neuron
  1. Spastic paraplegia type 31 
    ... degeneration of nerve cells that trigger muscle movement (motor neurons). Hereditary spastic paraplegias are divided into two types: pure and complicated. The pure types involve only the lower limbs, while the complicated types also involve the upper limbs and other areas of the body, including ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/spastic-paraplegia-type-31 - Genetics
  2. Infantile-onset ascending hereditary spastic paralysis 
    ... spasticity and paraplegia result from degeneration (atrophy) of motor ... system, affecting the upper limbs and other areas of the body. Infantile- ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...et-ascending-hereditary-spastic-paralysis - Genetics
  3. Spinal muscular atrophy with lower extremity predominance 
    ... loss of nerve cells that control muscle movement (motor neurons) leads to atrophy ... in upper limb muscles.Joint deformities (contractures) in the hips, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...atrophy-with-lower-extremity-predominance - Genetics
  4. Spinal muscular atrophy with progressive myoclonic epilepsy 
    ... from a loss of specialized nerve cells, called motor neurons, in the spinal ... The muscles in the upper limbs are later affected, and soon the muscle ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...rophy-with-progressive-myoclonic-epilepsy - Genetics
  5. Silver syndrome 
    ... particularly in nerve cells that control muscle movement (motor neurons) and in brain cells. Within cells, seipin is ... endoplasmic reticulum. This accumulation likely damages and kills motor neurons, which leads to muscle weakness and spasticity. In ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/silver-syndrome - Genetics
  6. Distal hereditary motor neuropathy, type V 
    ... and transport. This accumulation likely damages and kills motor neurons (specialized nerve cells in the brain and spinal ... Suzuki N. Molecular pathogenesis of seipin/BSCL2-related motor neuron diseases. Ann Neurol. 2007 Mar;61(3):237- ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...distal-hereditary-motor-neuropathy-type-v - Genetics
  7. Spastic paraplegia type 49 
    ... and sensory neurons and neurons that control movement (motor neurons) results in the signs and symptoms of spastic ... of TECPR2 in a complex form of progressive motor neuron disease. Clin Genet. 2016 Aug;90(2):182- ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/spastic-paraplegia-type-49 - Genetics
  8. Cold-induced sweating syndrome 
    ... particularly important for the development and maintenance of motor neurons, which are nerve cells that control muscle movement. ... temperature regulation. The involvement of these genes in motor neuron development and bone development provides clues to some ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/cold-induced-sweating-syndrome - Genetics
  9. Troyer syndrome 
    ... the degeneration and death of muscle cells and motor neurons (specialized nerve cells that control muscle movement) throughout ... syndrome: a combination of central brain abnormality and motor neuron disease? J Neurol. 1999 Jul;246(7):556- ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/troyer-syndrome - Genetics
  10. ROBO3 gene 
    ... other in the brainstem. These include axons of motor neurons, which transmit information about voluntary muscle movement, and ... development.In people with HGPPS, the axons of motor and sensory neurons do not cross over in the brainstem, but ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/robo3 - Genetics
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