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. 1960 Dec;154(2):308–328. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1960.sp006581

Recurrent inhibition in relation to frequency of firing and limitation of discharge rate of extensor motoneurones

R Granit, J Haase, L T Rutledge
PMCID: PMC1359803  PMID: 16992068

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