Rapid lowering of an extended leg evoked severe ipsilateral extensor stiffening, which was invariably crossed. The resultant reflex figure consisted of bilateral extension of the lower extremities ...

Sherrington's work on tone (posture), including decerebrate rigidity, the ipsilateral flexor reflex, the crossed extensor reflex and the stretch reflex (including the tendon jerk reflex), has been ...

Similar comparison of the crossed “reflex of the knee extensor with the “motor-rterve” tetani of that muscle shows that the reflex tetanus develops much the more slowly, and that the ratio ...