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Control for stimulus-change in the evaluation of alcohol and chlorpromazine as fear-reducing drugs

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    S. P. Grossman &  Neal E. Miller

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This investigation was supported by Dr. Neal E. Miller's research grant MY 2949 from the National Institute of Mental Health, U.S. Public Health Service, Bethesda 14, Maryland. The writers wish to acknowledge the assistance of Dr. Herbert Barry, III.

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Grossman, S.P., Miller, N.E. Control for stimulus-change in the evaluation of alcohol and chlorpromazine as fear-reducing drugs. Psychopharmacologia 2, 342–351 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00404122

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