Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO Key Takeaways Overactive reflexes might point to neuron disorders or anxiety.The ...

How did the bodies of animals, including ours, become such fine-tuned movement machines? This paper cuts directly into critical debates about how the ancient spinal cord and the relatively new human ...

Robot skin that senses touch and pain — and triggers instant reflexes — makes robots more like humans. It probably also makes ...

Strength training is not merely about building muscles; it is about building resilience, character and personalities. When we ...

The muscle twitch creates short, involuntary muscle contractions, which affect tiny muscle areas that lie beneath the skin.

Pseudohypertrophy of muscles is a rare and under-recognised form of hypothyroid myopathy primarily affecting the calf muscles, in association with elevated muscle enzymes. We report the case of an ...

What is the acoustic reflex? When a loud sound stimulus is presented to the ear, there is a reflexive contraction of the minute muscles that are connected to the ossicles in the Middle Ear. When these ...

You stub your toe on the bedpost. Before your brain even registers the pain, a word explodes from your mouth—sharp, loud and ...