RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Babinski response: stimulus and effector.
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 180
OP 186
DO 10.1136/jnnp.38.2.180
VO 38
IS 2
A1 Gijn, J V
YR 1975
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/38/2/180.abstract
AB This is an electromyographic study of the activity in flexor and extensor muscles of the big toe in 22 patients with a Babinski sign and 49 controls, after mechanical or electrical stimulation of the sole. The results indicate: (1) the Babinski sign is mediated by the extensor hallucis longus (EHL), and not by the extensor hallucis brevis; (2) electrical stimuli may fail to activate the EHL in these patients, and conversely may evoke EHL reflexes in control subjects; (3) in skin reflexes, electrical and mechanical stimuli are not freely interchangeable.