Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO A reflex is an automatic body movement that happens involuntarily in response to a ...

Yepuri, MDThe gastrocolic reflex is a physiological reflex that stimulates movement in your lower gastrointestinal (GI) tract ...

The startle reflex is an involuntary response to sudden stimuli, often characterized by a quick muscle contraction. This reflex can be influenced by various factors, including the complexity of ...

Reflex testing involves deep-tendon and abnormal ... patients with neck pain are the arm abduction sign, Spurling's test, response to axial compression, the finger escape sign, and Lhermitte's ...

A reflex action follows this general sequence and does not involve the conscious part of the brain. This is why the response is so fast. Receptor in the skin detects a stimulus (the change in ...

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.

The Bainbridge reflex (aka, atrial reflex) occurs when the heart rate increases in response to a rise in atrial pressure. This is a compensatory mechanism since increased right atrial pressures ...

As second year medical students, Baylee Kennedy and Kimberly Lipton have been learning about neuroscience and how the nervous system works. They had read about clonus—an abnormal reflex response—but ...