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During the discussion of these papers, a major point was raised by Hans Hultborn and discussed by many participants: to what extent does presynaptic inhibition of la fibers and homosynaptic depression participate in vibratory inhibition, and what is the relative contribution of these two mechanisms in the exaggeration of the stretch reflex characterizing spasticity?
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Pierrot-Deseilligny, E. (1993). Discussion Summary. In: Thilmann, A.F., Burke, D.J., Rymer, W.Z. (eds) Spasticity. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78367-8_33
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