Motor Nerves
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Developing Human iPSC-Derived Motor Nerve Organoids Using a Microfluidic Chip
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2025
This video demonstrates the method of creating motor nerve organoids by first culturing human induced pluripotent stem cells in a special medium to form spheroids, then differentiating them into motor neurons using specific inhibitors, and finally cultivating them in a microfluidic chip to extend axons and form motor nerve organoids.
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Purification of Fibroblasts and Schwann Cells from Sensory and Motor Nerves in Vitro
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2020
Here, we present a method to purify fibroblasts and Schwann cells from sensory and motor nerves in vitro.
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Motor Nerve Transection and Time-lapse Imaging of Glial Cell Behaviors in Live Zebrafish
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2013
Although the peripheral nervous system (PNS) is capable of significant repair after injury, little is known about the cellular and molecular mechanisms that govern this phenomenon. Using live, transgenic zebrafish and a reproducible nerve transection assay, we can study dynamic glial cell behaviors during nerve degeneration and regeneration.
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Three-Dimensional Motor Nerve Organoid Generation
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2020
This protocol provides a comprehensive procedure to fabricate human iPS cell-derived motor nerve organoid through spontaneous assembly of a robust bundle of axons extended from a spheroid in a tissue culture chip.
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Structured Motor Rehabilitation After Selective Nerve Transfers
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2019
Here, we present a protocol for the motor rehabilitation of patients with severe nerve injuries and selective nerve transfer surgery. It aims at restoring the motor function proposing several stages in patient education, early-stage therapy after surgery and interventions for rehabilitation after successful re-innervation of the nerve’s target.
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The sequence begins when the brain or spinal cord initiates an action. Motor neurons then carry an electrical impulse along their axons toward the target. At a neuromuscular junction, the neuron releases neurotransmitters, chemical messengers that stimulate muscle fibers. This converts nervous system activity into contraction and resulting movement.
The neuromuscular junction provides the communication point between a motor neuron and a muscle fiber. Electrical activity traveling through the neuron leads to neurotransmitter release there, and those chemical signals stimulate the muscle to contract. Without this step, a nerve impulse would not produce the corresponding muscular response.
Motor nerve signaling contributes to voluntary actions, such as walking and writing, when movement is consciously directed. It also operates through the autonomic nervous system, which regulates involuntary functions. This includes supporting heart activity and digestion, showing that motor control extends beyond conscious skeletal movement.
Examining the organization of motor nerves, the paths of their axons, and communication at neuromuscular junctions helps explain how movements are generated. Linking structure with signaling also clarifies how the nervous system coordinates physiological responses. These principles provide a biological basis for interpreting normal motor control and disrupted function.
Reflexes depend on nervous system signaling that produces a rapid physiological response, and motor pathways are relevant because they carry instructions to the responding tissue. Studying these pathways helps connect activity in the spinal cord or brain with the resulting muscle action, making motor nerves important for understanding reflex mechanisms in biology.
Motor nerve research connects changes in nerve structure or signaling with impaired movement and other physiological responses. Because effective function depends on impulse transmission, neurotransmitter release, and muscle stimulation, examining these stages can help explain the effects of nerve injury and provide context for understanding neuromuscular disorders in biology and medicine.