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Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 81-85 , April 1988

Effect of the forebrain on flexion reflexes in rats with ankle joint urate arthritis

  • Terence J. Coderre
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  • Patrick D. Wall

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Prof. P.D. Wall, Cerebral Functions Research Group, Department of Anatomy and Developmental Neurobiology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, U.K..

Received 20 August 1987 ,Revised 15 October 1987 ,Accepted 25 October 1987.

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