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Glossary Neuroanatomy / Term

Upper motor neuron lesion

Disorder characterized by spasticity and hyperreflexia seen a few weeks following a lesion of the brain (cortex, white matter of hemisphere, or spinal cord) involving descending motor influences to lower motor neuron (of the spinal cord).

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