Other terms
Neurons, Gamma Motor,Gamma Motor Neuron,Gamma Motor Neurons,Motor Neuron, Gamma,Neuron, Gamma Motor,Neurons, Fusimotor,Fusimotor Neuron,Fusimotor Neurons,Neuron, Fusimotor,Motor Neurons, Gamma-Efferent,Gamma-Efferent Motor Neuron,Gamma-Efferent Motor Neurons,Motor Neuron, Gamma-Efferent,Motor Neurons, Gamma Efferent,Neuron, Gamma-Efferent Motor,Neurons, Gamma-Efferent Motor
Description
Motor Neurons, Gamma: Motor neurons which activate the contractile regions of intrafusal SKELETAL 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.
Pervious tree
Next tree
Other locations in tree
Legal notice
The U.S. National Library of Medicine is the creator, maintainer, and provider of the data above.
The version of the data is 2010 MeSH. Last reviewed April 26, 2010. No modification has been made in the content of the file.
Neither the United States Government, nor any of its agencies, contractors, subcontractors or employees makes any warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to data contained in the database, and, furthermore, assumes no legal liability for any party's use, or the results of such use, of any part of the database.
You will not assert any proprietary rights to any portion of the database, or represent the database or any part thereof to anyone as other than a United States Government database.
The MeSH data carry an international copyright outside the United States, its Territories or Possessions. These terms and conditions are in effect as long as the user retains any of the MeSH data obtained from this site.