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. 1958 Oct 31;143(3):387–402. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1958.sp006067

Neuromuscular interaction in postural tone of the cat's isometric soleus muscle

Ragnar Granit
PMCID: PMC1356722  PMID: 13588563

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