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The innervation of skeletal muscles: Properties emerging from a random neural network

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Lüscher, H.R. (1987). The innervation of skeletal muscles: Properties emerging from a random neural network. In: Baeriswyl, D., Droz, M., Malaspinas, A., Martinoli, P. (eds) Physics in Living Matter. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 284. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0009214

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