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In spinal cats following tetanic stimulation of the cutaneous nerve bilateral dorsal root potentials in the lumbar spinal cord are depressed. Because of differences between ipsi- and contralateral potentials, this depression can usually be evoked only on one side of the cord.
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Holobut, W., Niechaj, A. Post-tetanic changes of bilateral dorsal root potentials evoked by stimulation of the cutaneous afferents. Experientia 31, 1294–1295 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01945787
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