the part of the central nervous system located at the top of the spinal column and base of the brain; location of the motor neurons most often destroyed by poliovirus.
The anterior horn of the spinal cord (or anterior cornu, or anterior column, or ventral horn) is the ventral (front) grey matter section of the spinal cord.
They command Skeletal muscles to perform the quick or the repetitive movements. They are the final target of all neural activity. Plaques or demyelination anywhere in the CNS must affect their function. ex: unstable gait, or incoordinate fingers.