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Nicotine-like behavioral effect after small dose of mecamylamine in roman high-avoidance rats

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  1. Institut für Verhaltenswissenschaft, E.T.H., Zürich, Switzerland

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  2. Vet.-Physiol. Inst. der Univ. Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, CH-8057, Zürich, Switzerland

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Driscoll, P. Nicotine-like behavioral effect after small dose of mecamylamine in roman high-avoidance rats. Psychopharmacologia 46, 119–121 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00421559

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