Term Name: spinal cord motor neuron differentiation
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Definition: The process in which neuroepithelial cells in the ventral neural tube acquire specialized structural and/or functional features of motor neurons. Motor neurons innervate an effector (muscle or glandular) tissue and are responsible for transmission of motor impulses from the brain to the periphery. Differentiation includes the processes involved in commitment of a cell to a specific fate.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0021522]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: ventral spinal cord development
has parts: spinal cord motor neuron cell fate specification
is a type of: cell differentiation in spinal cord central nervous system neuron differentiation
has subtype: lateral motor column neuron differentiation somatic motor neuron differentiation visceral motor neuron differentiation