Charles Scott Sherrington Quotes

Existence of an excited state is not a prerequisite for the production of inhibition; inhibition can exist apart from excitation no less than, when called forth against an excitation already in progress, it can suppress or moderate it.
Charles Scott Sherrington

Further study of central nervous action, however, finds central inhibition too extensive and ubiquitous to make it likely that it is confined solely to the taxis of antagonistic muscles.
Charles Scott Sherrington

In some units it may suppress the motor discharge altogether, in some it may merely slow the motor discharge thus lessening the wave frequency of the contraction and so the tension.
Charles Scott Sherrington

That a strong stimulus to such an afferent nerve, exciting most or all of its fibres, should in regard to a given muscle develop inhibition and excitation concurrently is not surprising.
Charles Scott Sherrington

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Charles Scott Sherrington Quotes

Type: Scientist Quotes Category: British Scientist Quotes Date of Birth: November 27, 1857 Date of Death: March 4, 1952 Nationality: British Find on Amazon: Charles Scott Sherrington Related Authors: Gregory Bateson Louis Leakey Paul Nurse Mary Douglas Peter D. Mitchell Alfred Russel Wallace Thomas Browne Arthur Eddington John B. S. Haldane	Existence of an excited state is not a prerequisite for the production of inhibition; inhibition can exist apart from excitation no less than, when called forth against an excitation already in progress, it can suppress or moderate it. Charles Scott Sherrington Further study of central nervous action, however, finds central inhibition too extensive and ubiquitous to make it likely that it is confined solely to the taxis of antagonistic muscles. Charles Scott Sherrington In some units it may suppress the motor discharge altogether, in some it may merely slow the motor discharge thus lessening the wave frequency of the contraction and so the tension. Charles Scott Sherrington That a strong stimulus to such an afferent nerve, exciting most or all of its fibres, should in regard to a given muscle develop inhibition and excitation concurrently is not surprising. Charles Scott Sherrington