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. 1960 Mar;150(3):656–682. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1960.sp006410

The chemical excitation of spinal neurones by certain acidic amino acids

D R Curtis, J W Phillis, J C Watkins
PMCID: PMC1363189  PMID: 13813400

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