Charles Scott Sherrington Quotes


"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
(Related: Action, Study)

"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
(Related: May, Tension)

"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