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  2. Interneuron - Wikipedia

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    Ia inhibitory interneuron: Found in lamina VII. Responsible for inhibiting antagonist motor neuron. 1a spindle afferents activate 1a inhibitory neuron. A spinal interneuron (relay neuron) forms part of a reflex arc Ib inhibitory interneuron: Found in lamina V, VI, VII. Afferent or Golgi tendon organ activates it.

  3. Spinal interneuron - Wikipedia

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    This interneuron excites the alpha motor neurons, which then excite the hip flexor muscle. [14] This synchronized communication allows for the removal of the whole leg from the painful stimulus. This is an example of the spinal cord circuitry coordinating movement at several joints simultaneously.

  4. Lateral giant interneuron - Wikipedia

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    The lateral giant interneuron (LG) is an interneuron in the abdominal nerve cord of crayfish, lobsters, shrimp of the order Decapoda and their relatives in the crustacean class Malacostraca. It is part of the system that controls a special kind of escape reflex of these organisms known as the " caridoid escape reaction ."

  5. Upper motor neuron - Wikipedia

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    Upper motor neurons (UMNs) is a term introduced by William Gowers in 1886. They are found in the cerebral cortex and brainstem and carry information down to activate interneurons and lower motor neurons, which in turn directly signal muscles to contract or relax.

  6. Gate control theory - Wikipedia

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    Firing of the Aβ fibers activates the inhibitory interneuron, reducing the chances that the projection neuron will fire, even in the presence of a firing nociceptive fiber. [ 4 ] Gate control theory asserts that activation of nerves which do not transmit pain signals, called nonnociceptive fibers, can interfere with signals from pain fibers ...

  7. Patellar reflex - Wikipedia

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    However, there is an inhibitory interneuron used to relax the antagonistic hamstring muscle (reciprocal innervation). This test of a basic automatic reflex may be influenced by the patient consciously inhibiting or exaggerating the response; the doctor may use the Jendrassik maneuver in order to ensure a more valid reflex test.

  8. Medium spiny neuron - Wikipedia

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    The synaptic connections between a particular GABAergic interneuron, the parvalbumin expressing fast-spiking interneuron, and spiny neurons are close to the spiny neurons' soma, or cell body. [10] Recall that excitatory postsynaptic potentials caused by glutamatergic inputs at the dendrites of the spiny neurons only cause an action potential ...

  9. Neurogliaform cell - Wikipedia

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    Neurogliaform cells (NGF) are inhibitory interneurons found in the cortex and the hippocampus.NGF cells represent approximately 10% of the total hippocampal inhibitory interneuron population.