The results of our systematic study indicated, that airway reflexes and particularly the AspR have similar resuscitation potential in animals as autoresuscitation by gasping.
Although these reflexes were partly responsible for the variations in Δt, the slack test has a notable methodological advantage in that the differences, not the absolute values, of Δt from the multiple trials are used for the calculation of V0, minimizing any systematic errors due to the muscle reflex.
Systematic and quantitative evaluation of the plantar reflex has been infrequently studied in the past and can help assess the vexing variables encountered in its elicitation.
Our systematic research in animals indicated that airway reflexes have similar resuscitation potential as gasping respiration.
Pavlov's systematic approach led to the discovery of the conditioned reflex, revolutionizing science.
A backward glance reminds us that more than half a century elapsed between Pavlov spotting the 'conditioned reflex' in 1901 and formalisation of behavioural treatment approaches based on systematic desensitisation in the 1950s [ 4].
The neurological examination included systematic testing of cranial nerves, motor and sensory functions, balance, ataxia and reflexes.
ACEIs block the conversion from angiotensin I to the vasoconstrictor AII, leading to a systematic decrease in blood-vessel tension and blood volume, without affecting heart rate via reflex stimulation.
So far, systematic studies on cellular functions in cerebellar motor control have been mainly restricted to adaptive reflex movements around single joints, such as eyeblink conditioning and adaptation of the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR), which can be readily measured in mouse mutants (De Zeeuw and Yeo 2005).
This observation has to be confirmed by systematic pre- and post-operative sensory testing with objective measurement of nerve function (e.g., blink reflex).
