Types Of Motor Neuron Diseases
Overview Conditions that affect the motor neurons are described as motor neuron diseases. Motor neurons are located throughout the length of the spinal cord in columns described as anterior horns. They have this name because the columns of motor neurons in the spinal cord appear like “horns” when viewed with imaging studies, and they run along the front of the spinal cord (towards the front of the body). Motor nerves follow a path from the brain to the muscle, and they fire very quickly, within milliseconds....