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Pregnant rats from a heterogeneous strain were assigned to niacin-deficient, riboflavin-deficient or normal diet conditions. Pups were given a normal diet postnatally and their Hebb-Williams Maze performance compared at maturity. Offspring of the niacin-deficient dams made significantly more errors than the controls and there was a similar trend for the riboflavin-deficient Ss.
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1. The present study was supported in part by Grant VRA-RT-12 from the Office of the Vocational Rehabilitation Administration, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D. C. The investigators are grateful to Claude Robert Cloninger, Joan V. Moore and Rebbecca I. Muecke for their assistance and to Delbert Thiessen for critically reading an earlier draft of this report.
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Megargee, E.I., Rogers, L.L. The effects of prenatal niacin and riboflavin deficiencies in pregnant rats on the learning ability of the offspring. Psychon Sci 7, 115–116 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328491
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