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. 1964 Aug;173(2):291–319. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1964.sp007457

Descending influences on the exteroceptive organizations of the cat's gracile nucleus

G Gordon, M G M Jukes
PMCID: PMC1368871  PMID: 14212245

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