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Spinal Cord and Brainstem: Pattern Generators and Reflexes

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In this chapter, we shall attempt to look at the elements described in Chap. 49 from a more functional angle and integrate them into a coherent picture. This is no easy task, because, as has become apparent, the networks in brainstem and spinal cord are complex, and their operation under natural conditions therefore often cannot be assessed or perhaps even imagined.

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Windhorst, U. (1996). Spinal Cord and Brainstem: Pattern Generators and Reflexes. In: Greger, R., Windhorst, U. (eds) Comprehensive Human Physiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60946-6_51

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