Jongsuk Choi, Alba Díaz-Baamonde, María de Los Ángeles Sánchez Roldán, Ana Mirallave Pescador, Jun-Soon Kim, Maria J Téllez, Kyung Seok Park, Vedran Deletis
Human reflexes are simple motor responses that are automatically elicited by various sensory inputs. These reflexes can provide valuable insights into the functioning of the nervous system, particularly the brainstem and spinal cord. Reflexes involving the brainstem, such as the blink reflex, laryngeal adductor reflex, trigeminal hypoglossal reflex, and masseter H reflex, offer immediate information about the cranial-nerve functionality and the overall state of the brainstem. Similarly, spinal reflexes such as the H reflex of the soleus muscle, posterior root muscle reflexes, and sacral reflexes provide crucial information about the functionality of the spinal cord and peripheral nerves...
March 2024: Journal of Clinical Neurology