====== Decerebrate posturing ======

Classically attributed to disinhibition of vestibulospinal tract (more caudal) and pontine reticular
formation (RF) by removing inhibition of medullary RF (transection at intercollicular level, between
vestibular and red nuclei).

Overview: abnormal extension in UE and LE.

Detail:

● Head & trunk: opisthotonos (head and trunk extended), teeth clenched

● UE: arms extended, adducted and hyperpronated (internally rotated), wrists flexed, fingers flexed

● LE: extended and internally rotated, feet plantarflexed and inverted, toes plantarflexed.