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. 1956 Sep 27;133(3):520–547. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1956.sp005606

Excitatory and inhibitory processes acting upon individual Purkinje cells of the cerebellum in cats

Ragnar Granit, C G Phillips

PMCID: PMC1359117 PMID: 13368102

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