The mammalian muscle spindle

News in Physiological Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-42

  Proske, Uwe ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0031479046     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1997.12.1.37     Document Type: Article

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