Action-current of nerve, 58
Adaptation, 262
Adapted reactions, reflexes as,
Adequate stimulus, 10 10 77 200 278
Affective tone, 190 208 214 217 258 264
After-discharge, 11
Allied reflexes, 101
All-or-nothing principle, 60 60
Alternating reflexes, 121
Anelective receptors, 187 256 258
Anodon, 72
Antagonistic muscles, 71
Antagonistic reflexes,
Anthropoid apes, motor cortex of,
Anthropomorphic interpretation, 194
Anticipatory reactions,
Aorta, 86
Arachne, 196
Associative recall, 267 268 283
Astacus, 72 90 196 205 239 266
Asterias, 196
Atrophy, 202
Atropin, 247
Attention, 192
Attitude,
and see
Auerbach’s plexus, 53
Aurelia aurita, 141
Autonomic system (Langley), 257
Axis-cylinder, fluidity of, 12 13
Axones, 34
Babák, F., 326
Baglioni, S., 56 57 60 68 91 99 112 170 326 327
“Bahnung,” 11
Ballance, C., 221
Barker, L. F., 324
Barometic pressure and sensation, 273
Beagle, 267
Beaunis, 318
Bee, 204
Beer, Th., 324
and Horsley, 221 225 226 235 321
Behavior of animals, 194
Bergmann, 67
Bernard, C., 91
Bethe, A., 11 14 33 34 35 53 70 100 195 204 323 326 327
Bezold, A., 321
Biedermann, W., 7 25 60 68 72 90 151 324
Bile-duct, 8
Binocular brightness compared with uniocular, 299
Binocular contrast compared with uniocular,
R., 324
Bottazzi, F., 327
Bowditch, H. P., 145
Bowlby, A., 202
Brachioplegia, 226
Brachiopod, 270
Brain, dominance of the,
relation to “distance-receptors,”
organ for adaptation of reactions,
Brondgeest, 246
Cajal, Ramón y, 12 18 118 122 191 227 304 308 310
Carlson, 327
Carmarina, 100
Cayrade, 318
Central sulcus, genua of, 224
Centrality, significance of, in the nervous system, 96
Centres, rank of, 254
Cercopithecus callithrix, 240
Cerebellum, ganglion of proprio-ceptive system,
Cerebral cortex, 145
employs reciprocal innervation,
genesis of, 281
inhibitory influence of,
interrelation of the two hemispheres,
modifying reflexes, 248
motor reactions of, compared with spinal,
reinforcing influence of, 145 145
unequal motor representation in,
Cerebral sulci, variability of,
not functional boundaries, 222
Chelae, 266
Chemo-receptors, 254 257 258 263 263
Chick, 268
Chimpanzee, motor cortex of,
Chordata, 259
Chromatolysis, 202
Cleghorn, A., 325
Clonic action, 54
from cortex, 234
Clover-fly, 204
Coelenterate, 100
Combination of reflexes, simultaneous, 111 112
Cometula, 196
principle of,
final, 118 121 122 191 278 286 310
Common paths, profusion of,
Comparative psychology, 249
Compensatory reflexes, 121 165
“Complication,” 109 109 254 279 284
Condensation of receptor distribution, 278
intracellular and intercellular, 3 12 13 14
in nerve-trunks, 1
in reflex-arc, 6
reversible and irreversible, 11 14
Conjunctival reflex, 195
Consummatory reactions,
Coordination, contribution to, by receptor, 10
Coördination in the simple reflex, 6
in the compound reflex,
in the simultaneous compound reflex (reflex pattern)
in the reflex sequence,
Corda tympani, 72
Corneal reflex, 195
Cortex, cerebral, see
Crayfish, 72 90 195 204 239 266
Croak-reflex, 8
Crossed extension-reflex of leg, 25 61 66 67 67 71 79
Crossed stepping-reflex, 154 156 185
Curare, 96
Cushing, H., 225
Cushny, A., 94
Darkness in visual field,
Darwin, C., 8 192 204 210 212 247 319
Darwin and reflex purpose, 1 8 192 194 247
Decerebrate rigidity, 75 206
Defaecation, 247
Degeneration, Wallerian, 14
Deglutition, 57 87 149 151 260 263 266 269
Deiter’s nucleus, 277
Déjerine, 226
Demoor, J., 324
Diaschizis, 200
Differentiation and integration correlated, 277
Diffuse nervous system,
Distance-receptors, 247
the cerebrum the ganglion of,
Disynaptic arc, 43
Donaldson, H., 121 122 127 269 324
Double-joint muscles, 90 95 230
Double-sign reflexes, 71 113 165
Duval, 20
Eckhard, C., 7
Effective threshold, 251
Elasmobranch, 281
End-effect, 5
End-plate, 45
Erb, 319
Esox, 264
Excitability, selective, 10
Exner, S., 12 15 74 105 112 145 149 227 231 319 320 322
“Extensor-thrust,”
Extero-ceptive field,
Extero-reflexes,
Eyeball movements, 223 223 225
Eyelid-reflex, 37
Fechner’s paradox, 302
Ferrier, D., 220 221 221 228 239 319 320 322
Fick, A., 58
Final common path, 46
relatively indefatigable, 184
Flechsig, P., 226 227 227 319 327
Flexion-reflex, 15
Flicker-sensation, binocular,
Flicker-sensation, uniocular,
Focus of effect of a reflex, 125 126 196
Franz, 249
Fredericq, L., 196
Freusberg, 319
Fritsch and Hitzig, 221 222 318
Frog, 8 108 149 196 196 204 205 261 264 265 267 274 276 276 281 283
Gall-bladder, 8
Ganglia, antennary of Carcinus, 12
Gaskell, W. H., 160 160 161 263 320
Gerlach, 128
Goltz, F., 3 7 8 123 184 189 195 197 198 208 214 216 318 320 322 323
Gorilla, motor cortex of,
Gotch, F., 63 74 134 322 323 326
Gravity, as a stimulus, 256
Gray-matter, nervous, 11 12 17 128
delay of conduction in,
Grosser, O., 327
Grunbaum, A. F., 221 223 223 234 235 324
Gustatory organs, 264
Harris, W., 327
Hartmann, 309
Hartwell, Newell Martin and, 142 320
Harvey, W., 191
Head, physiological conception of the,
Hemiplegic contracture, 203 246 246
Hering, E., 86 162 162 172 296 302 308 309 318 321
Hering, H. E., 91 204 228 230 230 322 323
Herrick, C. J., 109 254 261 326
“Higher” and “lower in regard to
Hofbauer, L., 323
Homarus, 266
Horsley, V., 221
Beevor, C., and, 225 226 235 321
Huber, C., 324
Hughlings-Jackson, 219 234 245 246 254 318 323
Hunt. Reid, 324
Hyde, Ida, 327
Hydra, 251
Immediate (or direct) spinal induction, 65
Indifference between reflexes,
Induction, spinal, immediate (or direct), 65
successive (or indirect) 126
Inhibition, 11 21 54
Initial reflex, 18
Injury-current of nerve, 13
Insect, 270
Integration, by nervous agency, 2 2
Intensity of reflex, grading of,
Intensity of stimulus, 11 21 21 40 125 127
effect on refractory phase, 40
effect on prepotence of reflex,
Interaction of reflexes,
Intercellular conduction, 3
Intercostal movement, 142
Interference between reflexes,
Internal capsule,
Internuncial paths, 99 121 121 265 266 277 281
Intero-ceptive field,
Intestinal peristalsis, 253
Intracellular conduction, 3
Jackson, Hughlings, 220 234 245 246 255 324
James, W., 32 210 211 215 309 320
“law of forward conduction,” 31 32
Jamin, 203
Jaw, innervation of movements of,
“Jerk” phenomena, 73 75 111 174 202 226 245 273
Johnston, 325
Jurin, 300
Kicking, 247
Knee-jerk,
“Knock-out” blow, 276
Kóster, and A. Tschermak, 86 96 325
Krause, 225
and S. J. Meltzer, 84 151 242 319
Kühne, W., 31
Labyrinth, 112 168 202 269 270
Lacerta, 260
Langelaan, J. W., 327
Langendorff, O., 78 281 319 322
Lans, Zwaardemaker and, 37 325
Laryngeal nerve, superior, 87
Lauder Brunton, 160
Law of Bell and Magendie, 32 67
Law of forward direction of conduction (James), 31 32
Law of Talbot, 299 299 305 306
Laws of reflex-action, of Pfluger, 65
Lewandowsky, 203 246 281 326 327
Lloyd Morgan, 195 215 218 268 314 323 325
Localization in motor cortex,
“Local sign” in reflexes,
Locomotion, 54 57 57 175 175 247
Loeb, J., 149 169 271 324 325 326
Lotze, 192
“Lower” and “higher” as applied to organisms,
Ludwig, C., 133
Macdonald, J. S., 13 56
Macdougall, W,
Macwilliam, J., 325
Man, motor cortex of, 224
Mann, G., 221
March of spinal and cortical reaction, 234
“Material me,” 262
May, Page, 324
Median line, reflexes of, 261
Median sagittal plane, relation of cortical reactions to, 234
Medusa, 14
Meltzer, S, J., 84 150 319 323
Membrane at cell-junctions, 13 13
Membrane, synaptic, 35
Mendelsohn, M., 324
Mesencephalo spinal path, 266 267
Metamerism,
Milieu interne, 3
Minimum visibile, 153
v. Monakow, 45 116 200 222 227 326
Monkey, hand of, 266
Monti, 20
Moore, B., and Reynolds, 12 324
Morgan, Lloyd, 195 215 218 268 314 323 325
Moth, 264
Motor area of cerebral cortex,
Mott, F. W., 221 227 228 235 266 310 312 321 327
Mustelus, 266
Neuroglia, 11
Neuromuscular cells, 251
Neurones, amoeboid movement of, 18
Neutrality of reflexes, 123 123 234 235 248
Nissl, 202
Noci-ceptive reflexes, 77
Oesophageal reflex, 151
Oestrum, 214
Olfacto-phrenic arc, 282
Opening of mouth, 206
Ophioglypha, 95
Orang-outang, motor cortex of,
Otocyst, 140 141 270 270 271 272 274 276
Ott, I., 320
visceral, 8
Paneth, 221
Panum, 308
Parallelism of ocular axes, 283 309 310
Paralysis, after cortical lesion, 225 226
Pari, G., 60
Path, principle of the common,
Pawlow, J., 327
Permeability of synaptic membrane, 35
Perspective figures, 142
Photo-receptors, 261 269 272 279
Phrenic neurones, 200
Phrenic reflex, 169
Pigeon, 276
Pilomotor nerves, 212
Pluricellular conductor, 32
Plurireceptive summation,
Plurisegmental discharge, 133
Plurisegmental integration, 254 256 277 278
Polarized conduction, 32
Polimanti, O., 322
Post-central convolution,
Postural reflexes, 169 189 190
Postures, segmental and total, 264
Pouting, 208
Pre-central convolution,
Precurrent reactions, 264
Prepotent reflexes, 184
Prevalence of contours, 295 303 307
Principle of the common path,
Principle of competition for energy (Macdougall)
Proprio-ceptive field, 109 110 169 169 256 257 259 260
Proprio-ceptive reflexes,
Proprio-ceptive system,
Proprio-ceptors, 109 110 259
Proprio-spinal nerve-tracts,
Pseudaffective reflexes,
Psycho-physical parallelism, 311
Pulmono-phrenic arc, 282
Purpose in reflexes,
Purring, 208
Ramon y Cajal, 12 20 73 119 122 191 227 304 309 310
Reception, 5
Receptive fields, 37 77
extero-ceptive, 109 110
Receptive fields, proprio-ceptive, 109 109 168 169 256 257 259 260
of extensor-thrust, 107
of flexion-reflex, 75 77 108 110 111
of scratch-reflex, 37 102 105 108 110 111
not identical with spinal root fields, 144
Receptor, 5 7 10 37 51 251 251 254 258 258 261 270 271 279
a factor in co-ordination, 10
Receptors, classification of,
distance, 248
species of,
Reciprocal innervation, 71 71
an attificial abstraction, 96 97
Reflex action, defined, 4
subjection to “volition,” 243 312 313
Reflex-arc, 5 37
Reflex attitude, see
Reflexes, abdominal, 137
after-discharge of, 25 25 43 61
allied,
antagonistic,
as adapted reactions,
chain, 151
compensatory, 121 165
croak, 8
crossed extension, see
extensor thrust, see
eyehd, 37
flexion, see
focus of effect of, 125 127 196
initial, 18
intensity of, see
neutrality of, 122 123 234 240 247
noci-ceptive,
postural, 168 189 190
refractory phase in, 11
rhythm of discharge in,
scratch, see
sexual, 189
swallowing, 57 84 149 150 261 264 266 269
tonic, 190
torticollis, 136
visceral, 8
Refractory phase in reflexes, 11
Reinforcement, reflex,
Reissner fibre, 266
Renaut, 20
Resistance, spinal, 93
Respiratory regulation, 169 280 313
Restriction of distribution a factor in integration,
Retrogradation, 217
Rhythmic response from cortex, 239
Rhythmic response in reflexes,
Rigor mortis, rapidity of onset of, 273
Romanes, 14 32 34 37 52 100 140 141 204 204 319
Röntgen rays, 256
Rothmann, 327
van Rynberk, 327
Salamonsen, J., 324
Sargent, P., 327
Schafer, E. A., 35 70 221 222 227 304 319 321
Schalt-zellen (v. Monakow), 45 116
Schloesser, 320
Schopenhauer, 208
Schreiber, 320
Scratch-reflex, 8 15 25 29
Seemann, J., 326
Segment, nervous integration of the,
Segmental arrangement of nervous system,
of motor cortex, 225
Segmental postures, 264
Segmental reflexes, 169 189 190
Segments, neural integration of series of,
Selachian, 267
Selective excitability, 10 187 256 257
Self-regulation of respiratory arcs, 86
Sensation, projicience of, 262 263 268 276 314
Sensitivity of viscera, 8 8 257
Shock, spinal, 11 125
Siluroid fishes, 109
Simia satyrus, motor cortex of, 222
Simultaneous combination of reflexes,
Skeletal muscles, tonus of, 246
Smith-Kastner, 317
Species of reflex, effect on prepotence,
Spencer, Herbert, 210 277 281 320
Spinal induction, immediate (or direct), 65
successive (or indirect), 127
Spinal nerve-root, afferent, 72 141 144 205 244 258 259
Spinal nerve-root, co-ordination and the,
Spode, 320
“Spontaneous” reflex, 128 170 172
Stannius, 91
Starling, E. H., Bayliss and, 3 193 253 324
Stefani, 246
Stepping-reflex,
Stewart, C., 325
efficacy of electrical, 10 187
intensity of, 11 21 25
mass as a, 256
nocuous, 10 77
threshold value of, 10 172
with H. Kronecker, 37
Storey, A., 327
Strychnine, 60
Sulcus centralts, genua of, 224
Summation, 11
Swallowing, 57 84 149 150 261 264 266 269
Sympathetic system, 257
Synapse, 13 14 17 18 20 35 260
setting of the, 18 118 119 260
different kinds of, 242
different resistances at, 130 130
an instrument of co-ordination, 118 118 251 252 260 265 282
Synaptic conduction, 13 14 34
Synaptic membrane, 13 13 35
Synaptic nervous system,
Syncytia, 12
Tamburini, 221
Tango-receptors, 258 260 270 275
Teleology and physiology, I,
Tetanus toxin,
Thorndike, 248
Threshold, effective, 251
Threshold, of neurone, 130 130
Tiaropsis indicans, 100 204 205
Tonic reflexes, 190
as basis of attitude,
Tonus-labyrinth, 112 200
Tonus, reflex, of skeletal muscles, 73 74 74
Torpedo, 63
Traube, 317
Trauma, as a stimulus,
Tremor, 177
Troglodytes gorilla, motor cortex of,
Troglodytes niger, motor cortex of,
Tschermak, A., 86 96 165 193 227 266 308 324 327
Tschiriew, 319
v. Uexkull, 95 248 254 323 324
Vasomotor reflexes,
Vertebrate, 52 58 71 255 259 271
Verworn, M., 2 11 68 87 119 162 251 323 324 326
Vocalization, reflex, 206 207 209
Vogt, 227
Waller, A. D., 58 68 74 321 323
Wallerian degeneration, 14
Wasp-larvae, 267
Wernicke, 246
White rami of sympathetic system, 257
Whytt, R., 197
“Willed” movements, 231 232 248
Winckler, 324
Winslow, 134
Winterstein, 11
Zanietowski and Cybulski, 58 322