Loss of coordination and balance, but not paralysis is associated with:

a. damage to descending excitatory pathways
b. excitatory inputs to motor neurons being unopposed because of disruption of an inhibitory system in the brain stem.
c. damage to the spinal cord
d. damage to the cerebellum
e. loss of alpha motor neurons


D

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