spinal cord motor neuron differentiation
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.
GO:0021515
cell differentiation in spinal cord
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GO:0021953
central nervous system neuron differentiation
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GO:0021517
ventral spinal cord development
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