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. 1965 Dec;181(4):810–829. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1965.sp007799

The effect of acetylcholine upon mammalian motor nerve terminals.

J I Hubbard, R F Schmidt, T Yokota
PMCID: PMC1357685  PMID: 5881256

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