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. 1963 Apr;166(1):145–167. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1963.sp007096

An electrophysiological investigation of mammalian motor nerve terminals

J I Hubbard, R F Schmidt
PMCID: PMC1359367  PMID: 13955375

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