The jaw jerk reflex can be classified as a dynamic stretch reflex.
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The knee-jerk reflex is an example of such a monosynaptic reflex.
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You can give yourself a knee-jerk reflex, but you can't tickle yourself, says Provine.
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A reduction in the ankle jerk reflex may also be indicative of peripheral neuropathy.
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Classically, ankle jerk reflex is absent in peripheral neuropathy.
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In 1902, he was studying the knee-jerk reflex response of a hammer striking a person's knee.
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In other words, a normal jaw jerk reflex points the diagnosis toward cervical spondylotic myelopathy and away from MS or ALS.
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Delayed relaxation after testing the ankle jerk reflex is a characteristic sign in hypothyroidism and is associated with the severity of the hormone deficit.
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Delayed relaxation after testing the ankle jerk reflex is a characteristic sign of hypothyroidism and is associated with the severity of the hormone deficit.
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His main contributions to neurophysiology involved the study of the knee-jerk reflex and the inferences he made between the two reciprocal forces of excitation and inhibition.