In addition, the elderly experience a decrease in the genioglossus negative-pressure reflex, and since the genioglossus muscle is an upper airway dilator which protects pharyngeal patency, any impairment in this muscle or reflex increases the chances of airway obstruction and pharyngeal collapse.
Phase 2 and 3 pups were noted to attain negative geotaxis and reflex suspension benchmarks earlier than control pups and to have more difficulty with balance.
Latencies were measured in seconds, using a stopwatch for righting reflex, negative geotaxis and bar holding.
Relative afferent pupillary defect was negative and light reflex was appropriate.
By a reflex negative-feedback mechanism, inhibitory impulses may prevent an organism from working itself to exhaustion.
We describe lethal stage, and escaper adult flightlessness, negative geotaxis, and righting reflex for an allelic series of lam loss-of-function mutants.
Moreover, they perform worse than the control littermates in the wire suspension, vertical climbing and clinging, righting reflex and negative geotaxis tests.
In addition, RhoE gt/gt mice presented a worse performance than the controls in the other motor tests assayed, vertical climbing and clinging, righting reflex and negative geotaxis (p<0.001, Figure 4D).
No recurrence of symptoms was observed during the follow-up period, demonstrated by a negative quantitative sudomotor axon reflex result.
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