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A Central Cholinergic Inhibition System as a Basis for Tonic Immobility in Chickens

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Mr. David Fallen aided in the collection of the data for the first experiment (Thompson, Piroch, Fallen, & Hatton, 1974). Mr. Dan Hatton helped to collect the data for Experiments 2, 3, and 5. Miss Joan Piroch assisted in collecting the data in Experiments 4 through 10, to be described in this paper.

This paper includes portions of an article copyrighted by the American Psychological Association, 1974 [Thompson, R. W., Piroch, J., Fallen, D., and Hatton, D.: A central cholinergic inhibitory system as a basis for tonic immobility (animal hypnosis) in chickens. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 87:507-512, 1974].

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Thompson, R.W. A Central Cholinergic Inhibition System as a Basis for Tonic Immobility in Chickens. Psychol Rec 27 (Suppl 1), 109–121 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03394436

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