Subcellular Anatomy Ontology

Last uploaded: March 13, 2018
Preferred Name

Gamma Motor Neuron

Synonyms

fusimotor neuron

ID

http://ccdb.ucsd.edu/SAO/1.2#sao1438006234

cell_ontology_ID

CL:0000717

curationStatus

uncurated

definition

Motor neurons which activate the contractile regions of intrafusal muscle fibers, thus adjusting the sensitivity of the muscle spindles to stretch. Gamma motor neurons may be "static" or "dynamic" according to which aspect of responsiveness (or which fiber types) they regulate. The alpha and gamma motor neurons are often activated together (alpha gamma coactivation) which allows the spindles to contribute to the control of movement trajectories despite changes in muscle length (MSH).

label

Gamma Motor Neuron

prefixIRI

sao1438006234

prefLabel

Gamma Motor Neuron

sao_ID

sao1438006234

synonym

fusimotor neuron

umls_ID

C0026610

subClassOf

http://ccdb.ucsd.edu/SAO/1.2#sao1460710779

subclassesDisjoint

true

subclassesDisjoint

true

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