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Beloozerova, I.N., Sirota, M.G. (1988). Role of Motor Cortex in Control of Locomotion. In: Gurfinkel, V.S., Ioffe, M.E., Massion, J., Roll, J.P. (eds) Stance and Motion. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0821-6_15

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