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La d-amphétamine injectée I. P. à différentes doses à des rats blancs produit des effects qualitativement différents selon les sujets: chez certains, elle augmente le débit de réponse, chez d'autres, elle le diminue. Ces différences dépendent de la dose et du débit de réponse de contrÔle. Ces conclusions sont discutées à la lumière d'une éventuelle différence individuelle au niveau de la réactivité émotionnelle.
Abstract
d-Amphetamine given intraperitoneally to albino rats at various doses produced different results, depending on the subjects: it increased the response rate in certain rats while decreasing it in others. These differences depend on the dose as well as on the control response rate. These observations are discussed in the light of possible individual differences at the level of autonomic reactivity.
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Will, B., Checchinato, D. Effects of d-amphetamine on operant behaviour in the rat. Psychopharmacologia 29, 141–149 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00422646
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