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Do the α and λ models adequately describe reflex behavior in man?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Peter D. Neilson
Peter D. Neilson
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Spasitic Centre Research Unit, Department of Neurology, Prince Henry Hospital and School ol Medicine, University ot New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, 2033, Australia
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , December 1986 , pp. 616 - 617
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