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Effects of low doses of piracetam, a psychotropic nootropic, on the memory of rats are studied. A positive effect of the drug in a dose many times lower than the doses used routinely is demonstrated on a model of elaboration of the active avoidance reaction.
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Translated fromByulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 120, No 7, pp. 60–61, July, 1995
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Tushmalova, N.A., Pragina, L.L., Inozemtsev, A.N. et al. Effect of low doses of piracetam on conditioned-response memory in rats. Bull Exp Biol Med 120, 706–708 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02444667
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