The lower motor neuron homunculus.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 36029046.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1093/brain/awac310 and PMC identifier 9679163.
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Abstract
Penfield’s motor homunculus anthropomorphizes the cerebral level of motor control, the upper motor neuron. However, it leaves the cranial and spinal motor neurons unrepresented. Here Ravits and Stack redress the imbalance by presenting a lower motor neuron homunculus.
Medical subject headings
- Teratoma
- Ovarian Neoplasms