If we denote excitation as an end-effect by the sign plus (+), and inhibition as end-effect by the sign minus (−), such a reflex as the scratch-reflex can be termed a reflex of double-sign, for it develops excitatory end-effect and then inhibitory end-effect even during the duration of the exciting stimulus.


The Integrative Action of the Nervous System (1906)

Charles Scott Sherrington Quotes

If we denote excitation as an end-effect by the sign plus (+), and inhibition as end-effect by the sign minus (−), such a reflex as the...

If we denote excitation as an end-effect by the sign plus (+), and inhibition as end-effect by the sign minus (−), such a reflex as the...

If we denote excitation as an end-effect by the sign plus (+), and inhibition as end-effect by the sign minus (−), such a reflex as the...

If we denote excitation as an end-effect by the sign plus (+), and inhibition as end-effect by the sign minus (−), such a reflex as the...