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. 1965 Apr;177(3):377–397. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1965.sp007598

Components of receptor adaptation in a Pacinian corpuscle

W R Loewenstein, M Mendelson
PMCID: PMC1357253  PMID: 14321486

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