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Science 17 August 1962:
Vol. 137. no. 3529, p. 532
DOI: 10.1126/science.137.3529.532
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Spinal Cord Convulsions in Developing Rats

Antonia Vernadakis 1

1 Department of Pharmacology, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City

Tonic hind-limb convulsions were elicited by electrical stimulation of the spinal cord. The flexor-extensor pattern characteristic of adult animals was observed in rats as young as 1 day old.

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