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Spinal muscular atrophy: A group of disorders marked by progressive degeneration of motor neurons in the spinal cord, resulting in weakness and muscular atrophy, usually without evidence of injury to the corticospinal tracts. [e]
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Parent topics
- Nervous system [r]: The control unit of bodily functions in animals. [e]
- Muscle [r]: Animal tissue type to generate power for locomotion. [e]
- Spinal cord [r]: Part of the central nervous system with the brain, enclosed by the vertebral column; carries neural signals from the brain and sensory information from the rest of the body, and is also responsible for certain reflexes. [e]
- Motor neuron [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Atrophy [r]: Add brief definition or description
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- Spinal muscular atrophy Type I [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Spinal muscular atrophy Type II [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Spinal muscular atrophy Type III [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Spinal muscular atrophy Type IV [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Survival of motor neuron [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Neuronal migration [r]: The process by which nerve cells travel from the place of their last cell division to their final position in the brain. [e]