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Also known as GO:0060004, reflex or spinal reflex, reflex action, involuntary action
In biology, a reflex, or reflex action, is an involuntary, unplanned sequence or action and nearly instantaneous response to a stimulus. thumb|429x429px|The simplest reflex is initiated by a stimulus, which activates an afferent nerve. The signal is then passed to a response neuron, which generates a response. Reflexes are found with varying levels of complexity in organisms with a nervous system. A reflex occurs via neural pathways in the nervous system called reflex arcs. A stimulus initiates a neural signal, which is carried to a synapse. The signal is then transferred across the synapse to
A reflex is an automatic, nearly instantaneous response to a stimulus that your body produces without you having to think about it, controlled by your nervous system. Reflexes matter because they allow organisms to respond quickly to potentially dangerous situations or stimuli through direct neural pathways called reflex arcs, without waiting for conscious deliberation.
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163,711 papers- F wave, A wave, H reflex, and blink reflex.ReviewHandbook of clinical neurology · 2019Jerath N, Kimura JDOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-64032-1.00015-1
- Autonomic cardiovascular reflex control of hemodynamics during exercise in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and the effects of exercise training.ReviewReviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Boyes NG, Marciniuk DD, Haddad H et al.DOI: 10.31083/j.rcm2302072
- Reflex regulation of airway smooth muscle tone.ReviewJournal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2006Canning BJDOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00313.2006
- Purinergic Signaling in Swallowing Reflex Initiation: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications for Oropharyngeal Dysphagia-A Narrative Review.ReviewCells · 2025Qi J, Hossain MZ, Ando H et al.DOI: 10.3390/cells14221795
- [Reevaluation of physiological mechanisms generating the stretch reflex: new hypotheses on the physiopathology of spasticity].ReviewAnnales de readaptation et de medecine physique : revue scientifique de la Societe francaise de reeducation fonctionnelle de readaptation et de medecine physique · 2001Katz RDOI: 10.1016/s0168-6054(01)00100-3
- Goal-directed modulation of stretch reflex gains is reduced in the non-dominant upper limb.The European journal of neuroscience · 2023Torell F, Franklin S, Franklin DW et al.DOI: 10.1111/ejn.16148
- A Method for Quantification of Stretch Reflex Excitability During Ballistic Reaching.IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society · 2023Plaisier TAM, Acosta AM, Dewald JPADOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2023.3283861
- [Post-operative oculo-cardiac reflex].L'Oto-rhino-laryngologie internationale · 1948CALMETTE, DEODATI
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生物学で言う反射（はんしゃ、英: reflex or spinal reflex）とは、動物の生理作用のうち、特定の刺激に対する反応として意識される事なく起こるものを指す。普通、反射という言葉を使う対象は意識の存在が（曖昧にではあっても）確かめられる脊椎動物に限られる。たとえば昆虫が光に集まる、ゾウリムシが水面近くに集まるというような走性は反射と呼ばない。ヒトの反射でもっともよく知られたものに、膝蓋腱を叩くと下腿が跳ね上がる膝蓋腱反射、屈筋反射がある。条件反射は定義によっては反射に含まれるが、ここでは扱わない。
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