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

Have you ever noticed that you open your mouth when applying mascara to your lashes? It's an involuntary gesture that often ...

Neurotrophins can directly modulate the function of diverse types of central nervous system synapses. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) might be released by nociceptors onto spinal neurons and ...

FOR many years clinicians have noted a correlation between the level of thyroid function and the speed of tendon reflexes. As early as 1924 Chaney, at the Mayo Clinic, attempted to quantitate the ...

Using a rat model for high blood pressure (hypertension), a common chronic cardiovascular condition, researchers found that preexisting hypertension altered normal reflexes in the lungs to affect ...

More than 87 million people have tuned in to watch a Facebook video that some say depicts a miracle: a baby appearing to walk with the support of a nurse, just minutes after birth. The Daily Mail ...

IT’S well known that a baby can cry from the minute it’s born as it uses its lungs for the very first time – but not all their reactions are so readily expected. Earlier this year, footage showing a ...

Feeling an urgent need to rush to the bathroom right after eating isn’t just inconvenient, it could be your gut sending you an important signal. While for some it’s a harmless reflex, for others, ...

IT'S well known that a baby can cry from the minute it's born as it uses its lungs for the very first time - but not all their reactions are so readily expected. Earlier this year, footage showing a ...