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This research was supported by Grant No. APT-36 from the National Research Council of Canada to Dr. D. Bindra. Chlorpromazine was supplied free of charge, as Largactil ®, by Poulenc Ltd., Montreal. While conducting the experiments, the author held a Bursary from the National Research Council of Canada.
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Posluns, D. An analysis of chlorpromazine-induced suppression of the avoidance response. Psychopharmacologia 3, 361–373 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00408321
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