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. 1960 Sep;153(2):209–217. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1960.sp006529

Electrical and mechanical factors in the adaptation of a mammalian muscle spindle

O C J Lippold, J G Nicholls, J W T Redfearn
PMCID: PMC1359743  PMID: 13762583

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