Spinal cord circuitry, not the brain, controls reflexes for smooth movements, as revealed in a study. This could pave the way ...

How did the bodies of animals, including ours, become such fine-tuned movement machines? How vertebrates coordinate the ...

This was to test the stretch reflexes in your spinal cord, which resist muscle stretching to give you muscle tone to hold your body up against gravity for example, fast corrections after tripping.

There’s three reasons why morning glory happens according to science - and the first is down to the sleep cycle.

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare genetic disorder that causes muscle weakness and disability, typically in young ...

Look at you. You're out of control. Ah, it's not you. I'm just talking about your reflexes-- those involuntary muscle movements that you have no control over. And reflexes are a great thing.

It is an exaggeration of the stretch reflex due to hyperexcitability of spinal reflexes. Recent/Sudden development of spasticity or increased intensity may be due to underlying contributing factors.

Spasticity is a symptom of conditions, like multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, stroke, and traumatic injury to the brain or spinal cord ... is when these reflexes contract continually and ...

A reflex action follows this general sequence ... Sensory neuron sends electrical impulses to a relay neuron, which is located in the spinal cord of the CNS. Relay neurons connect sensory neurons ...