PHYSIOLOGY
MOTOR NEURON
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Question
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Name one upper motor neuron pathologies
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Spinal cord injury
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Guillain barre
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ACV
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Carpal tunnel syndrome
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Spinal cord injury. Multiple sclerosis and stroke are upper motor neuron diseases.
Detailed explanation-2: -This group includes diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, progressive bulbar palsy, primary lateral sclerosis, progressive muscular atrophy, spinal muscular atrophy, Kennedy’s disease, and post-polio syndrome.
Detailed explanation-3: -The upper and lower motor neurons form a two-neuron circuit. The upper motor neurons originate in the cerebral cortex and travel down to the brain stem or spinal cord, while the lower motor neurons begin in the spinal cord and go on to innervate muscles and glands throughout the body.
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