...of the Nervous System " (1906). nervous system are connected together and probably no part of it is ever capable of reaction without affecting and being affected by various other parts. In any case it only exhibits in ideal simplicity the first grade of co-ordination. It is obvious that...

...fact, according to Sherrington, it probably never exists in nature. "A simple reflex is probably a pure abstract conception, because all parts of the nervous...it is a system certainly never absolutely at rest." 5 The factual basis for the conception that one of the most essential distinctions between the nervous...

...during and after its perform ance'. HERRICK, 19a moreover, designates reflexes as unspecified 'sim18 'A simple reflex is probably a purely abstract conception,...affected by various other parts, and it is a system never absolutely at rest' (SniiRRiNGTON, Ie, p. 7). 19 Cf. the introductory chapter I in the first...

...conception, because all parts of the nervous system are connected together and no part of it is probably even capable of reaction without affecting and being affected...it is a system certainly never absolutely at rest. ' ' Apart from this allusion to the link existing between tonic and phasic, the limitations underlined...

...purely abstract conception, because all parts of the nervous system are connected together, and no part is probably ever capable of reaction without affecting and being affected by various other parts." 150. Georges Canguilhem, "Le concept de réflexe au XlXe siècle," in Etudes d'histoire et de philosophie...

...of nervous activity by light is the exclusive (in this instance) function of cells in the retina, ie retinal receptors. In such cases there exist three...various degrees of complexity, and it is helpful in analysing complex reflexes to separate from them reflex components which we may consider apart and...