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Magnus and de Kleijn neck reflexes — extension of both ipsilateral limbs, or one, or part of a limb, and increase of tonus on the side to which the chin is turned when the head is rotated to the side, and flexion with loss of tonus on the side to which the occiput points; a sign of… … Medical dictionary
Primitive reflexes — are reflex actions originating in the central nervous system that are exhibited by normal infants but not neurologically intact adults, in response to particular stimuli. These reflexes disappear or are inhibited by the frontal lobes as a child… … Wikipedia
Asymmetrical tonic neck reflex — The asymmetrical tonic neck reflex (ATNR) is a primitive reflex found in newborn humans, but normally vanishes by the child s first birthday. It is also known as the fencing reflex because of the characteristic position of the infant s arms and… … Wikipedia
List of reflexes (alphabetical) — A list of reflexes in humans. *Accommodation reflex coordinated changes in vergence, lens shape and pupil size when looking at a distant object after a near object.*Acoustic reflex or stapedius reflex or attenuation reflex contraction of the… … Wikipedia
Reflex — A reaction that is involuntary. The corneal reflex is the blink that occurs with irritation of the eye. The nasal reflex is a sneeze. * * * 1. An involuntary reaction in response to a stimulus applied to the periphery and transmitted to the… … Medical dictionary
Decerebration — For decerebrate response, see abnormal posturing. Decerebration is the elimination of cerebral brain function in an animal by removing the cerebrum, cutting across the brain stem, or severing certain arteries in the brain stem. Decerebration… … Wikipedia
Kohnstamm's phenomenon — First described by German neurologist Oskar Kohnstamm (1871 1917) in 1915, Kohnstamm s phenomenon is a sustained involuntary contraction of a muscle after a prolonged voluntary contraction. The simplest demonstration is to have a subject press… … Wikipedia
Rudolf Magnus — (Brunswick, September 2, 1873 mdash; Switzerland, 1927) was a German pharmacologist and physiologist. He studied medicine, specialising in pharmacology, in Heidelberg, where he became associate professor of pharmacology in 1904. In 1908 he became … Wikipedia
Tonic vibration reflex — is a sustained contraction of a muscle subjected to vibration. This reflex is caused by vibratory activation of muscle spindles muscle receptors sensitive to stretch.Tonic vibration reflex is evoked by placing a vibrator which in this case is… … Wikipedia
Лебедев, Михаил Альбертович — Михаил Альбертович Лебедев (род. 1963) русский нейробиолог, исследователь коры полушарий головного мозга.Закончил Московский физико технический институт в 1986 г. Руководителем его дипломной работы был Виктор Семенович Гурфинкель. Лебедев работал … Википедия
