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Maze learning in rats exposed to xylene intoxication

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In their neurotropic intoxication research work the authors made an application of maze technique so as to complement other test procedures. Rats were given small doses of xylene to bring about a subacute intoxication. When established, this intoxication was found to cause a set-back in learning and a lability in realizing skill acquired under developing xylene effect while it did not interfere with crystallized, well-trained stereotypes of behaviour.

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  1. Neuropathophysiological Laboratory, Department of Pathophysiology, University Medical School, Budapest, Hungary

    I. Dési, F. Kovács, Z. Zahumenszky & A. Balogh

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Dési, I., Kovács, F., Zahumenszky, Z. et al. Maze learning in rats exposed to xylene intoxication. Psychopharmacologia 11, 224–230 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00405229

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