According to Sherrington model of decerebrate rigidity is characterised by all except
A key feature of this decerebrate animal was that when the dorsal roots of spinal cord were cut ( differentiation ) the rigidity disappeared, showing that the cause of rigidity was a hyperactive stretch reflex in the antigravity muscles. (REF: TEXTBOOK OF MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY GUYTON AND HALL, 12e Page no 779)
Rigidity occurs all muscles of the body
Increased in the rate of discharge of the 'y' efferent neuron
Increased excitability of the motor neuron pool
Decerebration produces no phenomenon akin to spinal shock
Nervous system