Activation of a motor nerve to a muscle is usually accompanied by inhibition, from within the CNS, of antagonist muscles acting at that joint.
a method of behavior therapy based on the inhibition of one response by the occurrence of another response that is mutually incompatible with it; a relaxation response might be conditioned to a stimulus that previously evoked anxiety
The concept of muscle inhibition caused by a tight agonist, which inhibits its functional antagonist.
A reflex where the antagonist relaxes so as not to impede agonist action. Reciprocal inhibition is an essential, automatic neurological function, designed to provide for optimal joint function.
To create movement, a muscle contracts (the agonist). At the same time, its opposing muscle (the antagonist) is usually forced to relax. This is called reciprocal inhibition because the antagonist muscles are inhibited or prevented from contracting.
Reflex relaxation in a muscle being stretched.
The arrangement by which excitation of some neural system is accompanied by inhibition of that system's antagonist (as in antagonistic muscles).
This describes muscles on one side of a joint relaxing to accommodate contraction on the other side of that joint.
