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A RECENT publication by Okun et al.1 described the protective action of amphetamine on the ‘writhing syndrome’. In independent experiments we also found amphetamine to be active and some results extending these observations are described in this communication.
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DAVIS, R., HORLINGTON, M. Effects of Reserpine Pre-treatment on the Protective Action of Amphetamine and Phenoxypropazine in the Phenylbenzoquinone-induced Writhing Syndrome in Mice. Nature 201, 306–307 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201306a0
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