Here's all about your newborn's tonic neck reflex, including its purpose, when it starts and stops, how to look for it, and why it's also known as the fencing reflex.

A baby shows the asymmetrical tonic neck reflex when they are lying down and the head is turned gently to the side. This causes the baby to take on a “fencer” position. ... Newborn-reflexes.

Other newborn reflexes include the Moro reflex (aka the startle reflex), the Babinski reflex, the tonic neck reflex, the ...

This newborn reflex is triggered by touching the corner of the baby’s mouth. Your baby will turn their head in the direction of the touching. ... Tonic neck reflex.

The symmetric tonic neck reflex (STNR) is a reflex that normally appears during your baby’s first year. It typically begins to diminish by the time they reach 9 to 10 months.

Now, when parents see this, they automatically think their baby is hungry and often that's true. It could be that it's just the reflex and they suck on their fingers and hands as a self-soothing ...

[26,27] Antigravity movements are induced by use of the Moro and asymmetric tonic neck reflexes to assess shoulder abduction and forward elevation, ... Adv Neonatal Care. 2005;5(5) ...

The asymmetrical tonic neck reflex (ATNR) is a primitive reflex found in newborn humans, but normally vanishes around six months of age. When the face is turned to one side, the arm and leg on the ...

Following our clinical observation of tonic responses in response to the knee jerk in infants at very high risk for cerebral palsy (VHR infants), we systematically studied tonic responses, clonus ...