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This work was supported by NSF-USDP Grant GU-1598 awarded to John K. Belknap.
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Belknap, J.K. The grid test: A measure of alcohol- and barbiturate-induced behavioral impairment in mice. Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation 7, 66–67 (1975). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03201299
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