Spinal reflexes and seizure patterns in the two-toed sloth.
In striking contrast to the seizure patterns of other animals, the electroshock seizure of the sloth consists of weak extension followed by tonic flexion and terminal clonus. A similar pattern is seen with direct spinal cord stimulation. Strychnine produces a pure flexor convulsion. In the spinal sloth, painful stimulation of one foot causes extension at some joints of that limb and strong flexion at all joints of the contralateral limb.
D000818:Animals; D004487:Edema / Q000502:physiology*; D007596:Joints; D012018:Reflex; D012640:Seizures; D012896:Sloths; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000502:physiology*
CONVULSIONS/experimental; EDEMA/physiology; SPINAL CORD/physiology