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III. THE first important contribution to our knowledge of inhibitory centres in the brain and spinal cord wasthat of Setchenow. He found that when the cerebral lobes in a frog were removed, voluntary motion was abolished, but reflex action became somewhat more marked. On removal of the optic lobes, the reflex action became very greatly increased, and if, instead of removing them they were stimulated either chemically by a grain of salt laid upon them, or electrically, reflex action in the limbs was greatly retarded or completely abolished.
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BRUNTON, T. On The Nature Of Inhibition, And The Action Of Drugs Upon It 1 . Nature 27, 467–468 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/027467a0
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