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. 1959 Mar 12;145(3):505–528. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1959.sp006158

The electrical constants of the motoneurone membrane

J S Coombs, D R Curtis, J C Eccles
PMCID: PMC1356958  PMID: 13642317

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