Non‐linear summation of unit synaptic potentials in spinal motoneurones of the cat

1. Monosynaptic excitatory post‐synaptic potentials (EPSPs) produced in spinal motoneurones of the cat by stimulation of a single afferent fibre were recorded with intracellular electrodes.

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