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. 1962 Jun;162(1):138–150. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1962.sp006920

The effect of electric polarization of the spinal cord on central afferent fibres and on their excitatory synaptic action

J C Eccles, P G Kostyuk, R F Schmidt
PMCID: PMC1359645  PMID: 13889056

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