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. 1961 Dec;159(3):479–499. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1961.sp006822

Distribution of recurrent inhibition among motoneurones

J C Eccles, Rosamond M Eccles, A Iggo, M Ito
PMCID: PMC1359546  PMID: 13889048

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