Dr. Saira I.
A 37-year-old man is brought to the emergency department with a severe head injury. Within a few hours, he is decerebrate upper and lower extremities are extended and comatose. The extension of his extremities indicates a dominant input to extensor motor neurons through reticulospinal fibers/tracts.
Decerebrate Posturing in Response to Severe Head Injury

Decerebrate Posturing in Response to Severe Head Injury

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