Cell Ontology

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Preferred Name

upper motor neuron

Synonyms
Definitions

A glutamatergic motor neuron with a soma in the brainstem or cerebral cortex. They do not synapse directly to muscles but rather to lower motor neurons, which do. They are the main controllers of voluntary movement.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0008048

contributor

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7073-9172

creation date

2020-09-28T09:41:48Z

definition

A glutamatergic motor neuron with a soma in the brainstem or cerebral cortex. They do not synapse directly to muscles but rather to lower motor neurons, which do. They are the main controllers of voluntary movement.

in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_33208

label

upper motor neuron

prefixIRI

CL:0008048

prefLabel

upper motor neuron

synapsed to

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0008039

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000679

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000100

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