1. Cerebellectomy produced no changes in the reflexes of the decerebrate animal. 2. This phenomenon is known as decerebrate rigidity. 3. Decerebrate and decorticate posturing are strongly associated with poor outcome in a variety of conditions.4. Decerebrate and decorticate posturing can indicate that brain herniation is occurring or is about to occur.5. Decerebrate cats were made to walk on a level surface with their heads level, tilted up or tilted down.6. For example, near-drowning victims that display decerebrate or decorticate posturing have worse outcomes than those that do not. 7. In humans true decerebrate rigidty is rare since the damage to the brain centers it might be caused by usually are lethal. 8. In decerebrate posturing, the head is arched back, the arms are extended by the sides, and the legs are extended. 9. The cycle period of fictive locomotion in decerebrate cats is predominantly altered by modifying the extension phase, rather than the flexion phase. 10. In other words, a decorticate lesion is closer to the cortex, as opposed to a decerebrate cortex that is closer to the brainstem.
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