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The effects of chlorpromazine and secobarbital under two conditions of reinforcement on the performance of chronic schizophrenic subjects

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  1. Department of Pharmacology, Boston University School of Medicine Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

    Arje Latz & Conan Kornetsky

  2. Medfield Foundation, Medfield State Hospital, Harding, Massachusetts

    Arje Latz & Conan Kornetsky

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Supported in part by USPHS Grant MH-03312 and Award GM-K3-1759.

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Latz, A., Kornetsky, C. The effects of chlorpromazine and secobarbital under two conditions of reinforcement on the performance of chronic schizophrenic subjects. Psychopharmacologia 7, 77–88 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00403631

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