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Y-maze spatial discrimination and reversal performance of rats was facilitated by chronic administration of TCAP, a compound reported to have both RNA-stimulating and antithyroid properties. This result was found even in rats exposed to the compound sufficiently early (since conception) for its antithyroid action to produce the usual physical signs of cretinism.
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1. Supported by grant FR-00167 from the National Institutes of Health. We thank Mrs. Roselle Lisowe and Mr. Carl Grady for their very substantial assistance in conducting this research.
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Schmidt, M.J., Davenport, J.W. TCAP: Facilitation of learning in hypothyroid rats. Psychon Sci 7, 185–186 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328530
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