Investigating the synaptic control of human motoneurons: New techniques, analyses, and insights from animal models

Motor Neurobiology of the Spinal Cord

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 107-134

  Powers, Randall K ^a   Türker, Kemal S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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