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Electronic dorsal-foot potentials of the frog spinal cord in experimental tetanus

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In experiments on frogs tetanus toxin, in doses causing generalized tetanus, depressed reciprocal inhibition of spinal reflexes. The depression of inhibition was not connected with blocking of depolarization of the central endings of primary afferent fibers.

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  1. G. A. Erzina
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Erzina, G.A., Sverdlov, Y.S. Electronic dorsal-foot potentials of the frog spinal cord in experimental tetanus. Bull Exp Biol Med 80, 740–742 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00809874

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