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 eternal tug-o-war between involuntary reflexes and seamless voluntary movements ...

How did the bodies of animals, including ours, become such fine-tuned movement machines? This paper cuts directly into critical debates about how the ancient spinal cord and the relatively new human ...

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.

In response to stressful or dangerous stimuli, nerve cells in the spinal cord activate involuntary, autonomic reflexes often referred to as "fight or flight" responses. These protective responses ...

Discover the intriguing reason behind NFL players' use of smelling salts during games and how it impacts their performance.

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