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Cockerel chicks, habituated to the tonic immobility (TI) induction procedure, were tested for TI duration following no injection or injection of saline or.25,.5, or 1.0 mg/kg of norepinephrine. Results indicated that TI duration was an increasing function of norepinephrine dosage level.
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Thompson, R. W., Scuderi, R, & Boren, J. The effect of the catecholamines on tonic immobility animal hypnosis) in chickens. Paper presented at the meetings of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, Colorado, May 1974.
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Thompson, R.W., Joseph, S. The effect of norepinephrine on tonic immobility in chickens. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 12, 123–124 (1978). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329646
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