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. 1959 Sep 2;147(2):399–418. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1959.sp006251

The early discharge of mammalian muscle spindles at onset of contraction

R Granit, O Pompeiano, B Waltman
PMCID: PMC1357036  PMID: 13828928

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