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In mice, marked decrement in response strength occurred when conditioned avoidance responses were acquired under amphetamine but emitted without amphetamine or under chlorpromazine; or acquired under chlorpromazine and emitted without chlorpromazine or under amphetamine.
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Lal, H. Control of learned conditioned-avoidance responses (CAR) by amphetamine and chlorpromazine. Psychopharmacologia 14, 33–37 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00401532
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