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ELECTROCONVULSIVE SHOCK, RETROACTIVE AMNESIA, AND THE SINGLE-SHOCK METHOD

D J LEONARD, A ZAVALA

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |November 20, 1964
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    AMNESIACONVULSIONSELECTROCONVULSIVE SHOCKEXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDYLEARNINGRATS

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