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snout reflex

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snout re·flex

pouting or pursing of the lips induced by light tapping of the closed lips in the midline; considered a sign of frontal lobe dysfunction.
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snout reflex

(snout)
n.
Pouting or pursing of the lips caused by light tapping of the closed lips near the midline, seen in defective pyramidal innervation of facial musculature.
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snout re·flex

(snowt rē'fleks)
A primitive reflex with pouting or pursing of the lips induced by light tapping of closed lips near the midline; seen in defective pyramidal innervation of facial musculature.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

snout re·flex

(snowt rē'fleks)
Pouting or pursing of lips induced by light tapping of closed lips in midline.
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012
References in periodicals archive
Snout reflex was present, yet grasp and palmomental reflexes were negative.
Corticobasal Syndrome Associated with Antiphospholipid Syndrome Secondary to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
G has a snout reflex, bilateral hand and foot grasping, and bilateral palmomental reflexes but no mydriasis or nasal septum perforation.
Chasing the dragon
Primitive reflexes (snout reflex, palmomental reflex) were present.
Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leucoencephalopathy (CADASIL)
Electromyographic studies of the palmomental and the snout reflexes suggest that they are part of a general nociceptive skin reflex [2, 3].
[24] found that AD patients who had grasp or snout reflexes had significantly lower counts of large pyramidal cells in layers III-V of the frontal cortex.
Primitive reflexes and dementia: results from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging
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