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Tonic Stretch Reflexes in the Calf Muscles of Normal Human Subjects

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  1. R. F. MARK

    Present address: Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

  2. R. F. MARK: Holder of a Wellcome Trust Research Travel Grant. British Medical Research Council Scholar to the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

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MARK, R. Tonic Stretch Reflexes in the Calf Muscles of Normal Human Subjects. Nature 199, 50–52 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199050a0

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