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Reflex action

Known as: Reflexes, Reflex Finding, reflexed 
An involuntary movement or exercise of function in a part, excited in response to a stimulus applied to the periphery and transmitted to the brain or… 
National Institutes of Health

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Nervous System Physiological PhenomenaNeurophysiology - biologic functionPhysiology

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Pulmonary Vein Denervation Enhances Long-Term Benefit After Circumferential Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
Background—There are no data to evaluate the relationship between autonomic nerve function modification and recurrent atrial… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
The motor infrastructure: from ion channels to neuronal networks
The vertebrate motor system is equipped with a number of neuronal networks that underlie different patterns of behaviour, from… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Affective reactions to acoustic stimuli.
Emotional reactions to naturally occurring sounds (e.g., screams, erotica, bombs, etc.) were investigated in two studies. In… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Interaction between intracortical inhibition and facilitation in human motor cortex.
1. In seven normal subjects, subthreshold transcranial magnetic conditioning stimuli (using a figure‐of‐eight coil) were applied… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Myogenic potentials generated by a click-evoked vestibulocollic reflex.
Electromyograms (EMGs) were recorded from surface electrodes over the sternomastoid muscles and averaged in response to brief (0… 
Review
1988
Review
1988
The sensory-efferent function of capsaicin-sensitive sensory neurons.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Bistability of alpha‐motoneurones in the decerebrate cat and in the acute spinal cat after intravenous 5‐hydroxytryptophan.
1. In the preceding paper (Crone, Hultborn, Kiehn, Mazieres & Wigström, 1988) it was shown that a short‐lasting synaptic… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Analgesia mediated by a direct spinal action of narcotics.
Narcotic analgetics administered directly into the spinal subarachnoid space of the rat via a chronically inserted catheter… 
Highly Cited
1942
Highly Cited
1942
The mask of sanity.
Psychotic disorders may be concealed behind outer manifestations that give little or no suggestion of anything so serious. The… 
Highly Cited
1942
Highly Cited
1942
Conditioned Reflexes
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