including limited utility in intubated patients and an inability to assess brainstem reflexes. A new coma score, the Full Outline of UnResponsiveness (FOUR) has been developed by Wijdicks et al.

In the inflammatory reflex, sensory input elicited by infection or injury travels through the afferent vagus nerve to integrative regions in the brainstem, and efferent nerves carry outbound ...

Medically reviewed by Brigid Dwyer, MD Clonus is an abnormal reflex response that produces involuntary, repetitive, and ...