Differentiation of fast and slow muscles in the cat hind limb

A. J. Buller; J. C. Eccles; Rosamond M. Eccles

doi:10.1113/jphysiol.1960.sp006394

J Physiol. 1960 Feb; 150(2): 399–416.

doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1960.sp006394

PMCID: PMC1363171

PMID: 13805873

Differentiation of fast and slow muscles in the cat hind limb

A. J. Buller, J. C. Eccles, and Rosamond M. Eccles

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