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To: retMD

Would you mind describing “decerebrate posturing” for those of us who are too dense to figure it out on our own? I really appreciate your medical explanations and am learning a lot on this thread! Thanks!


1,292 posted on 07/09/2007 1:20:42 PM PDT by kozokey
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To: kozokey
Just plug a term like that into Google and do a search. This definition is from MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia:

"Decerebrate posture is an abnormal body posture that involves rigid extension of the arms and legs, downward pointing of the toes, and backward arching of the head."

"A severe injury to the brain at the level of the brainstem is the usual cause of decerebrate posture."

1,294 posted on 07/09/2007 3:38:17 PM PDT by T'wit (If reproductive success is the mainspring of evolutionary advance, why is it so damned clumsy?)
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