Animals with spinal lesions at the level of the waist or higher will have excessive bladder tone (the so - called upper motor neuron bladder). (vin.com)
Through his observations of patients with neurological disorders and chronic musculoskeletal pain, Janda found that the typical muscle response to joint dysfunction is similar to the muscle patterns found in upper motor neuron lesions, concluding that muscle imbalances are controlled by the CNS (Janda 1987). (muscleimbalancesyndromes.com)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a degeneration of lower and upper motor neurons in the brainstem, spinal cord and the motor cortex. (sciencedaily.com)