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Klaus Bartl1, Erich Schneider, Stefan Glasauer

  • 1Center for Sensorimotor Research, Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Marchioninistr. 23, D-81377 Munich, Germany. kbartl@nefo.med.uni-muenchen.de

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
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