| 1. | Cerebellectomy produced no changes in the reflexes of the decerebrate animal.
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| 2. | This phenomenon is known as decerebrate rigidity.
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| 3. | Decerebrate and decorticate posturing are strongly associated with poor outcome in a variety of conditions.
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| 4. | Decerebrate and decorticate posturing can indicate that brain herniation is occurring or is about to occur.
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| 5. | Decerebrate cats were made to walk on a level surface with their heads level, tilted up or tilted down.
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| 6. | For example, near-drowning victims that display decerebrate or decorticate posturing have worse outcomes than those that do not.
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| 7. | In humans true decerebrate rigidty is rare since the damage to the brain centers it might be caused by usually are lethal.
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| 8. | In decerebrate posturing, the head is arched back, the arms are extended by the sides, and the legs are extended.
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| 9. | The cycle period of fictive locomotion in decerebrate cats is predominantly altered by modifying the extension phase, rather than the flexion phase.
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| 10. | In other words, a decorticate lesion is closer to the cortex, as opposed to a decerebrate cortex that is closer to the brainstem.
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