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Adult, male, Swiss-Webster mice were injected with either control solution or various doses of a long-acting analog of ACTH 4-9. The drug produced significant alterations in performance in an equiangular Y-maze. In comparison with control performance, both 25 and 50 μg/kg of drug produced a significant increase in repeated two-arm entries. This response pattern is consistent with the hypothesis that the drug produced a focusing of attention.
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Katz, R.J., Chudler, R. Y-Maze behavior after an analog of ACTH 4-9, evidence for an attentional alteration. Psychopharmacology 71, 95–96 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00433260
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