Abnormal reflexes associated with spasticity are considered a major determinant of motor impairments occurring after stroke; however, the mechanisms underlying post-stroke spasticity remain unclear.

a condition often brought on by damage or disruption to the areas of the brain and spinal cord that control muscle and stretch reflexes. “This occurs after a stroke because the motor pathways ...

After an incomplete injury, some reflexes may be weakened while others become exaggerated. These hyperactive reflexes can cause spasticity (muscle stiffness) and abnormal patterns of muscle use ...

Movement disorders are conditions involving abnormal involuntary ... associated with stroke. A tremor may develop for the first time following a stroke, either immediately after it, or in a ...

"We discovered that exaggerated, life-threatening autonomic reflexes after spinal cord injury are associated with abnormal ...

"We discovered that exaggerated, life-threatening autonomic reflexes after spinal cord injury are associated with abnormal growth ... including heart attack, stroke, metabolic disease and severe ...