medical emergency requiring immediate medical attention. Decerebrate and decorticate posturing are strongly associated with poor outcome in a variety of conditions...

linear or flamed shaped hemorrhages. The disrupted brainstem can lead to decorticate posture, respiratory center depression and death. Other possibilities...

However, decorticate rigidity can be caused by bleeding in the internal capsule which causes damage to upper motor neurons. The symptoms of decorticate rigidity...

There are often two stereotypical postures seen in comatose patients. Decorticate posturing is a stereotypical posturing in which the patient has arms...

movements Abnormal extension (decerebrate posture) Abnormal flexion (decorticate posture) Flexion / Withdrawal from painful stimuli Moves to localise...

pain (decerebrate response) Abnormal flexion to pain for an infant (decorticate response) Infant withdraws from pain Infant withdraws from touch Infant...

0.8 to 1.4 cm and a weight of 1.1–1.4 g. After lotus seeds have been decorticated and peeled, they are edible and rich in nutrients and can be dried for...

would otherwise be a pinnate leaf are themselves pinnately divided. decorticate 1.  (intr. v.) To shed the outer bark of a tree, usually seasonally as...

rubrospinal tract. Brainstem damage above the red nucleus level may cause decorticate rigidity. Responding to a startling or painful stimulus, the arms flex...

Possible cerebral edema Possible seizures Rarely, respiratory arrest Decorticate posturing Stage IV Seizures Decerebrate posturing Deepening coma Dilated...