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- 20
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- 4
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- 408-434
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- 2380
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Vernon B. Mountcastle
(1957).
MODALITY AND TOPOGRAPHIC PROPERTIES OF SINGLE NEURONS OF CAT'S SOMATIC SENSORY CORTEX.
Journal of Neurophysiology
, 20
(4)
, 408-434.
https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.1957.20.4.408
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- DOI
- 10.1152/jn.1957.20.4.408