A flow map of the<unk> . Stimulation of the<unk>  can cause electric flow to all effector tissues the neuron innervates, as well as back to the soma of the neuron; this is distinct from a normal neuron firing only down the<unk> . The<unk>  (or the flare response) is the response stimulated by peripheral nerves of the body that travels away from the nerve cell body and branches to stimulate target organs. Reflexes are single reactions that respond to a stimulus making up the building blocks of the overall signaling in the body's nervous system. Neurons are the excitable cells that process and transmit these reflex signals through their<unk> s, dendrites, and cell bodies.<unk> s directly facilitate intercellular communication projecting from the neuronal cell body to other neurons, local muscle tissue, glands and arterioles. In the<unk> , signaling starts in the middle of the<unk>  at the stimulation site and transmits signals directly to the effector organ skipping both an integration center and a chemical synapse present in the spinal cord reflex. The impulse is limited to a single bifurcated<unk> , or a neuron whose<unk>  branches into two divisions and does not cause a general response to surrounding tissue. The<unk>  arc is distinct from the spinal cord reflex arc. In the spinal cord reflex pathway the afferent neuron transmits information to spinal cord interneurons. These interneurons act collectively, process and make sense of inbound stimuli, and stimulate effector neurons acting as an integration center. The effector neurons leaving the integration center transmit a response to the original tissue the reflex arose resulting in a response. The<unk>  results in a localized response to only the locally innervated cells of the single neuron where the signal originated. The<unk>  pathway does not include an integration center or synapse that relays communication between neurons in the spinal cord reflex. The stimulus, therefore, is diverted to the effector organ without entering the neuronal cell body and therefore indicates that the<unk>  is not a true reflex where afferent impulses pass through the central nervous system before stimulating efferent neurons. The<unk>  was discovered and was described as "a new type of peripheral reflex" that bypasses the integration center and synapse in the central nervous system. The discovery of the<unk> al reflex found that the<unk>  activates local arterioles causing vasodilation and muscle contraction. This muscle contraction was observed in people with asthma where the released neuropeptides caused the smooth muscle in the airway to contract. Similarly the release of cholinergic agents at sudomotor nerve terminals evokes an<unk>  that stimulates sweat glands inducing the body to sweat in response to heat. The<unk>  is possible through the transmission of signals from the cutaneous receptors on the skin.
Axon reflex
Baroreflex
H-reflex
Tendon reflex
Moro reflex
Landau reflex
Bekhterev–Mendel reflex
Scratch reflex