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Child's Nervous System
Published in: Child's Nervous System 4/2021

01-04-2021 | Cover Editorial

Babinski sign in the only existing sculpture by Leonardo

Authors: Francesco Brigo, Francesco Caglioti

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 4/2021

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Excerpt

The extensor cutaneous plantar reflex is one of the most important signs in clinical neurology. Also known as Babinski sign, from the name of the French neurologist who first described it in 1896 (Joseph Jules François Félix Babinski, 1857–1932), it refers to the extension (dorsiflexion) of the big toe following stimulation of the sole of the foot in patients with damage to the central nervous system motor pathways [1]. In newborns and infants, the Babinski sign is considered a normal finding. However, with the maturation of the infant’s nervous system, it disappears [1]. …
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Metadata
Title
Babinski sign in the only existing sculpture by Leonardo
Authors
Francesco Brigo
Francesco Caglioti
Publication date
01-04-2021
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Child's Nervous System / Issue 4/2021
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-019-04342-6

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