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Effects of diazepam on conditioned avoidance learning in rats and its transfer to normal state conditions

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Rats trained in conditioned avoidance responding (CAR) after injections of diazepam, 10 mg/kg, showed little or no transfer when tested in the non-drugged state. In this moderate dose diazepam did not significantly facilitate the acquisition of CAR nor did it decrease already established avoidance behavior.

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

    Bengt G. Henriksson & Torbjörn Järbe

  2. Neurophysiological Laboratory, Ulleråker Research Center, Uppsala, Sweden

    Bengt G. Henriksson & Torbjörn Järbe

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This research was supported in part by the Swedish Medical Research Council (B71-27P-2904-02).

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Henriksson, B.G., Järbe, T. Effects of diazepam on conditioned avoidance learning in rats and its transfer to normal state conditions. Psychopharmacologia 20, 186–190 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00404372

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