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. 1960 Dec;154(2):288–307. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1960.sp006580

Surplus excitation in reflex action of motoneurones as measured by recurrent inhibition

R Granit, L T Rutledge
PMCID: PMC1359802  PMID: 13707845

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