TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Spinal Reflexes PY - 2014 T2 - Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition AB - Reflexes Are Adaptable to Particular Motor TasksSpinal Reflexes Produce Coordinated Patterns of Muscle ContractionCutaneous Reflexes Produce Complex Movements That Serve Protective and Postural FunctionsThe Stretch Reflex Resists the Lengthening of a MuscleLocal Spinal Circuits Contribute to the Coordination of Reflex ResponsesThe Stretch Reflex Involves a Monosynaptic PathwayIa Inhibitory Interneurons Coordinate the Muscles Surrounding a JointDivergence in Reflex Pathways Amplifies Sensory Inputs and Coordinates Muscle ContractionsConvergence of Inputs on Ib Interneurons Increases the Flexibility of Reflex ResponsesCentral Motor Commands and Cognitive Processes Can Alter Synaptic Transmission in Spinal Reflex PathwaysCentral Neurons Can Regulate the Strength of Spinal Reflexes at Three Sites in the Reflex PathwayGamma Motor Neurons Adjust the Sensitivity of Muscle SpindlesProprioceptive Reflexes Play an Important Role in Regulating Both Voluntary and Automatic MovementsReflexes Involving Limb Muscles Are Mediated Through Spinal and Supraspinal PathwaysStretch Reflexes Reinforce Central Commands for MovementsDamage to the Central Nervous System Produces Characteristic Alterations in Reflex Response and Muscle ToneInterruption of Descending Pathways to the Spinal Cord Frequently Produces SpasticityTransection of the Spinal Cord in Humans Leads to a Period of Spinal Shock Followed by HyperreflexiaAn Overall View SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101681056 ER -