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mechanisms are concerned with behavioural processes or the development 

 of higher nervous activity. There is no doubt that ni the subcortical 

 organization of the conditioned reflex we must assume the participation 

 of the same structures previously considered in connection with neuro- 

 endocrine control. The action of the endocrine factors on the central 

 nervous system cannot be regarded as the result of changes in the general 



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proaedtrone 



bh H-OH 



prooesierone 



Fig. 9 

 Influence of septal lesions on the adrenocortical secretion of cats. Part I shows a marked 

 elevation of resting corticoid level and appearance of gestagens in the blood of the adrenal 

 vein. Part 2 shows the diminished corticoid level as a result of local irritation of septal pathways. 



metabolic processes of the nervous tissue. Obviously, this is a more specific 

 phenomenon. So, according to our observation on the dog, 2-3 minutes 

 after an epileptic attack induced by the stimulation of the temporal lobe, 

 the animal w'ill respond to an alimentary conditioned stimulus in a normal 

 manner, although at the same time a large number of post-convulsive 

 metabolic changes are still taking place. On the basis of earlier experi- 

 ments, according to which the development of a neurotic state is enhanced 



