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How do u distinguish between the two??


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  #2

Decorticate- flexio of upper limbs and extension of lower limbs

Decerebrate- extension of both upper and lower limbs

second is worse.



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  #3

both seen in UMN lesions. decorticate above midbrain decerebrate below midbrain

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