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. 1960 Mar;150(3):501–514. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1960.sp006401

The excitatory action of acetylcholine on cutaneous non-myelinated fibres

W W Douglas, J M Ritchie
PMCID: PMC1363180  PMID: 13817839

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