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Leave it to a Dutch man, speaking English as a second language, to ask
us to define our terms, something I have asked for on a number of
occasions, so I might fully understand the point trying to be made.
Defining our terms is essential to accurate communication. So much so
that Wittgenstein's early philosophy was largely based on it:

The early Wittgenstein is epitomized in his Tractatus
Logico-Philosophicus. By showing the application of modern logic to
metaphysics, VIA LANGUAGE,(emphasis mine), he provided new insights
into the relations between world, thought and language and thereby
into the nature of philosophy.

- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Thank you Mr. Kraaijenhof for reminding us of the need for greater
intellectual precision in addition to providing us with some quit
interesting data on the CNS.

W.G. Johnson
Ubermensch Sports Consultancy
San Diego, CA.

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Henk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Central nervous system fatigue: an enigma or lack of proper definition?
>
> CNS fatigue: how many time have I read that term in the messages this
> group.
>
> But did anybody ever wonder what the central nervous system is?
>
> Just a quick look at Wikipedia: The central nervous system (CNS)
represents
> the largest part of the nervous
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nervous_system>  system, including the
brain
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain>  and the spinal cord
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_cord> .
>
> Spinal cord <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_cord>
>
> Brain <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain>
>
> Brain stem <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_stem>
>
> Rhombencephalon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhombencephalon>
>
> Pons <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pons> , Cerebellum
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebellum> , Medulla oblongata
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medulla_oblongata>
>
> Mesencephalon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesencephalon>
>
>  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tectum> Tectum,
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_peduncle> Cerebral peduncle,
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretectum> Pretectum,
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesencephalic_duct> Mesencephalic duct
>
>  Prosencephalon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosencephalon>
>
> Diencephalon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diencephalon>
>
> Epithalamus <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epithalamus> , Thalamus
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalamus> , Hypothalamus
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothalamus> , Subthalamus
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subthalamus> , Pituitary
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pituitary_gland>  gland, Pineal gland
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineal_gland> , Third
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_ventricle>  ventricle
>
> Telencephalon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telencephalon>
>
> Rhinencephalon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinencephalon> , Amygdala
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala> , Hippocampus
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampus> , Neocortex
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neocortex> , Lateral ventricles
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_ventricles>
>
> Looking at this definition "fatigue of the spinal cord" or
> "fatigue/exhaustion of the hypöthalamus-pituitary gland" or fatigue
of the
> "autonomic nervous system' could also be called central nervous
fatigue, or
> do we just mean "fatigue of the brain", "fatigue of the neocortex" or
> "fatigue of the motor cortex"? Is the old term "neurasthenia" of
> "psychasthenia"  the same as central nervous fatigue.
>
> Before we throw this term around let's first define what we really
mean, no
> miracle nobody comes up with a solution for a problem that is so ill
defined
> as this one.
>
> Henk Kraaijenhof
> Amstelveen
> Holland