Sentence:  A state of parasympathetic `` tuning '' of the hypothalamus induced experimentally causes not only an increase in the parasympathetic reactivity this structure to direct and reflexly induced stimuli , but leads also to an autonomic reversal : a stimulus acting sympathetically under control conditions elicits in this state of <WSD>tuning</WSD> a parasympathetic response ! 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency