AN ANALYSIS OF INTRA- VERSUS EXTRACELLULAR POTENTIAL CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVITY OF SINGLE SPINAL MOTONEURONS*
Carlo A. Terzuolo
Department of Anatomy, University of California at Los Angeles, Calif.
The research reported in this paper was completed after this author moved to his present address: Department of Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
Search for more papers by this authorT. Araki
Department of Anatomy, University of California at Los Angeles, Calif.
Department of Physiology, University of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan.
Search for more papers by this authorCarlo A. Terzuolo
Department of Anatomy, University of California at Los Angeles, Calif.
The research reported in this paper was completed after this author moved to his present address: Department of Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
Search for more papers by this authorT. Araki
Department of Anatomy, University of California at Los Angeles, Calif.
Department of Physiology, University of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan.
Search for more papers by this authorThe work described in this paper was supported in part by Research Grants B-1143 and B-5260 from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, Public Health Service, Bethesda, Md.
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