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Motivational effects of drugs: Methods which illustrate some general problems in psychopharmacology

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Work on this paper and on studies cited in it was supported by Grants MY 2949 and M 647 from the National Institute of Mental Health, United States Public Health Service.

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Miller, N.E., Barry, H. Motivational effects of drugs: Methods which illustrate some general problems in psychopharmacology. Psychopharmacologia 1, 169–199 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00402740

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