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Acta Oto-Laryngologica Volume 57, 1964 - Issue 1-2
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Original Article

Habituation (Adaptation) in the Middle-ear Muscle Reflexes of the Cat

F. Blair Simmons Division of Otolaryngology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif., USA
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Dana L. Beatty Department of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Pages 89-96 | Received 25 Mar 1963, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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