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IT has recently been shown that the injection of certain tranquillizing drugs during pregnancy produces loss of weight and defects of maze learning depending on the stage of pregnancy in which the injections are given1. The same workers obtained inconclusive evidence of the effect of tranquillizers on conditioned avoidance training. The present study investigates further the possible effect on conditioning of such treatment and attempts to verify the effects on weight.
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HOFFELD, D., WEBSTER, R. & McNEW, J. Adverse Effects on Offspring of Tranquillizing Drugs during Pregnancy. Nature 215, 182–183 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215182b0
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