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. 1959 Sep 2;147(2):385–398. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1959.sp006250

Fast supraspinal control of mammalian muscle spindles: extra- and intrafusal co-activation

R Granit, O Pompeiano, B Waltman
PMCID: PMC1357035  PMID: 13828929

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