SPINAL REFLEXES AND CARDIAC DISORDERS

Spinal Reflexes and Cardiac Disorders

Spinal Reflexes and Cardiac Disorders

Spinal Reflexes

Among the most complex and generalized reactions that have been referred to as reflexive are the postural reflexes.

In contrast to the spindle reflexes, which are localized at the level of the spinal cord and respond to mechanical stretch, the postural reflexes are organized by the brain stem in response to vestibular, somatosensory, and visual inputs (www.hrspatients.org).

The vestibular (labyrinthine) reflexes, the neck reflexes, and the righting reflexes are well-known postural reflexes.

Vestibulocollic and vestibulospinal reflexes are labyrinthine reflexes that stabilize head orientation in space.

The former activate neck ...