WITHIN the past decade, the use of electronic methods has laid bare much of the mechanism underlying the myotatic, or stretch, reflex of mammalian striated muscle. Outstanding among these advances ...

Stretch Reflex (a.k.a. Monosynaptic Reflex or Myotatic Reflex)Stretch reflex is a neuromuscular reflex in which an increase in muscle length activates receptors known as muscle spindles, which ...

A slight anæsthesia can stop this reaction, and only a stretch reflex of the antagonistic muscle persists. Nature - Role of Golgi Tendon-organs in Spinal Reflex Co-ordination. Skip to main content.