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Afferent Reflexes

Afferent Reflexes is a physiological regulatory mechanism characterized by involuntary responses initiated through sensory nerve pathways that transmit signals from peripheral receptors to the central nervous system to mediate automatic adjustments in bodily functions.

563

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33K

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1.3K

Authors

391

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2017–2026

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Sensory Reflexes

Parents

Publications

563

Effects of static muscular contraction on impulse activity of groups III and IV afferents in cats

Marc P. Kaufman, John C. Longhurst, K. J. Rybicki et al. · Journal of Applied Physiology · 1983 · 667 citations

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Colorectal distension as a noxious visceral stimulus: physiologic and pharmacologic characterization of pseudaffective reflexes in the rat

Timothy J. Ness, G. F. Gebhart · Brain Research · 1988 · 665 citations

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Muscle but not cutaneous C‐afferent input produces prolonged increases in the excitability of the flexion reflex in the rat.

Patrick D. Wall, C. J. Woolf · The Journal of Physiology · 1984 · 510 citations

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Changes in presynaptic inhibition of Ia fibres at the onset of voluntary contraction in man.

H. Hultborn, Sabine Meunier, E Pierrot‐Deseilligny et al. · The Journal of Physiology · 1987 · 478 citations

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Electrophysiological studies of nerve and reflex activity in normal man. I. Identification of certain reflexes in the electromyogram and the conduction velocity of peripheral nerve fibers.

Magladery Jw, McDOUGAL Db · PubMed · 1950 · 364 citations

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Authors

1.3K

  1. AL
    A. Lundberg

    University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    11 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. MP
    Marc P. Kaufman

    University of California, Davis, United States

    10 publications · 2.1K citations

    10

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  3. HJ
    Håkan Johansson

    Umeå University, Sweden

    8 publications · 616 citations

    8

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  4. JC
    John C. Longhurst

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    7 publications · 1.2K citations

    7

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  5. ES
    E.D. Schomburg

    University of Göttingen, Germany

    7 publications · 1K citations

    7

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Institutions

391

  1. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    18 h-index

    53 publications

    4.7K citations

  2. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    14 h-index

    32 publications

    1.9K citations

  3. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    41 publications

    5.1K citations

  4. Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    36 publications

    4.8K citations

  5. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    9 h-index

    29 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    20 publications

    1.3K citations

  7. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    8 h-index

    19 publications

    1.3K citations

  8. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    747 citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal of Physiology

    78 publications · 6.7K citations

    45

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  2. Journal of Neurophysiology

    JN · 34 publications · 1.8K citations

    27

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 42 publications · 2.2K citations

    25

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  4. Brain Research

    31 publications · 1.6K citations

    19

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  5. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

    APS · 21 publications · 1.2K citations

    18

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