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Increased ulceration under immobilization stress was observed in rats which had been subjected to prenatal maternal fear conditioning coincident with the development of the fetal gut. Presentation of the CS (Buzzer) or UCS (Shock) alone did not affect ulceration, nor did the conditioning procedure if it occurred after the fetal gut development was complete.
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1. This work was supported in part by NIMH Grant 13057-01 MSM.
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Bell, R.W., Hendry, G.H. & Miller, C.E. Prenatal maternal conditioned fear and subsequent ulcer-proneness in the rat. Psychon Sci 9, 269–270 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332216
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