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. 1961 May;156(3):470–497. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1961.sp006688

Some effects of stimulation of the muscle nerve on afferent endings of muscle spindles, and the classification of their responses into types A1 and A2

R J Harvey, P B C Matthews
PMCID: PMC1359898  PMID: 13712061

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