Facilitation of simultaneous discrimination learning with strychnine sulphate
โ Scribed by James L. McGaugh; Calvin W. Thomson
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1962
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 412 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0033-3158
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โฆ Synopsis
Strychnine and strychnine-like compounds have been reported by several investigators to facilitate learning in rats (
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