Vol. 53 No. 1 (1993), Articles
Vol. 53 No. 1 (1993)

The volitional nature of the simplest reflex

Articles
Jonathan Wolpaw
Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health and State University of New York, Albany, New York, USA
Jonathan Carp
Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health and State University of New York, Albany, New York, USA

Abstract

Recent studies suggest that none of the behaviors of the vertebrate CNS are fixed responses incapable of change. Even the simplest reflex of all, the two-neuron, monosynaptic spinal stretch reflex (SSR), undergoes adaptive change under appropriate circumstances. Operantly conditioned SSR change occurs gradually over days and weeks and is associated with a complex pattern of CNS plasticity at both spinal and supraspinal sites.
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Copyright (c) 1993 Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

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