How did the bodies of animals, including ours, become such fine-tuned movement machines? How vertebrates coordinate the eternal tug-o-war between involuntary reflexes and seamless voluntary movements ...

While training to grow muscle, most people overlook an innate function in the body which can help build strength: the stretch reflex. "The stretch reflex is something that we all have," explains ...

Spinal cord circuitry, not the brain, controls reflexes for smooth movements, as revealed in a study. This could pave the way for newer neurological disorder therapies. An intriguing question has ...

Stretching is my new favorite workout. I spent so much time focused on cardiovascular and strength training over the years that I missed the boat on the benefits of a comprehensive stretching program.

Visual feedback is just as important as a sense of body position when it comes to the involuntary reflexes that activate muscle movement, says a new study. Visual feedback is just as important as a ...

Visual feedback is just as important as a sense of body position when it comes to the involuntary reflexes that activate muscle movement, says a new study in eLife. The findings provide insights into ...

Locomotion in mammals depends on central pattern generators — networks of spinal interneurons that can produce rhythmic outputs independently of any modulatory input. However, the spinal activity ...

How did the bodies of animals, including ours, become such fine-tuned movement machines? This paper cuts directly into critical debates about how the ancient spinal cord and the relatively new human ...