Definition of reciprical

(E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)

Moreover , the dominance in parasympathetic action ( with reciprocal inhibition of the sympathetic ) at the hypothalamic level induces , by its peripheral action , the autonomic symptoms of sleep and , by its action on the cortex , a lessening in the reactivity of the sensory and motor apparatus of the somatic nervous_system .

He then applied this principle of reciprocal inhibition to human neuroses .

For the interpretation of these significant investigations , it should be remembered that reciprocal relations exist in the hypothalamus with respect to autonomic and somatic functions which are closely associated with the emotions .

The feeding pain antagonism seems to be based on this reciprocal relation between the tropho - and ergotropic systems .

We stressed the reciprocal relation of these systems with respect to the autonomic somatic downward discharge as_well_as regarding the hypothalamic cortical discharge .