Title: motor system
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - motor system
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.11889
Status: current

Definition
Part of the central nervous system responsible for control of movement, consisting of the pyramidal system controlling voluntary movement and the extrapyramidal system coordinating involuntary movement.

Source
- PAC, 2015, 87, 841. 'IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)' on page 883 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0103)

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Citation: Citation: 'motor system' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.11889
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