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. 1960 Dec;154(3):514–546. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1960.sp006594

Synaptic potentials, after-potentials, and slow rhythms of lateral geniculate neurones

P O Bishop, R Davis
PMCID: PMC1359818  PMID: 16992070

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