The Relationship Between Upper and Lower Motor Neurons

There's generally two motor neurons going from the central nervous system to the muscles that need to contract an upper motor neuron and a lower motor neuron. And so, you know, here we're firing off a whole bunch of muscles. Importantly, when you look at the difference between the upper and lower motor neurons, the lower motor neuron is pretty excitable. So in a way, and this isn't fully correct, but it's a good way to think about it for it to make sense. Now what would that mean if you were damaged?

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