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. 2022 Nov 21;145(11):3727-3729.
doi: 10.1093/brain/awac310.

The lower motor neuron homunculus

John Ravits  1 , Julia Stack  2
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The lower motor neuron homunculus

John Ravits et al. Brain. .

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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.

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The lower motor neuron homunculus and his celebrated upper motor neuron partner. The lower motor neuron homunculus (right) is juxtaposed to the upper motor neuron homunculus (left) and they are drawn in anatomic proportion.
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