Nicotine Produces a Within-Subject Enhancement of Contextual Fear Conditioning in C57BL/6 Mice Independent of Sex

Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 124-132

  Gould, Thomas J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042885498     PISSN: 1053881X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02688830     Document Type: Article

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