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Presynaptic control of the monosynaptic reflex from Ia afferents: Studies in humans

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Neirofiziologiya/Neurophysiology, Vol. 26, No. 5, pp. 391–395, September–October, 1994.

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Person, R.S. Presynaptic control of the monosynaptic reflex from Ia afferents: Studies in humans. Neurophysiology 26, 323–326 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01058512

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