Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 1-2 , January 2009

Physiological differences in excitability among human axons

,Accepted 28 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.08.016

Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 1-2 , January 2009

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