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Effects of pentobarbital on punished behavior: Persistent increases with chronic administration

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Food maintained responding by pigeons was suppressed by response-dependent electric shock presentation (punishment). Administration of 5.6 mg/kg pentobarbital IM for 25 days and, later, 10.0 mg/kg pentobarbital for 30 days resulted in profound, sustained, dose-related increases in punished responding and shock presentation.

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  1. Jeffrey M. Witkin & James E. Barrett

    Present address: Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, 20014, Bethesda, MD, USA

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    Jeffrey M. Witkin & James E. Barrett

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Witkin, J.M., Barrett, J.E. Effects of pentobarbital on punished behavior: Persistent increases with chronic administration. Psychopharmacology 75, 324–325 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00432448

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