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Commentary on: “Comprehensive observational assessment: Ia. A systematic, quantitative procedure for assessing the behavioral and physiologic state of the mouse.” Psychopharmacologia (1968) 13:222257

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Warburton, D.M. Commentary on: “Comprehensive observational assessment: Ia. A systematic, quantitative procedure for assessing the behavioral and physiologic state of the mouse.” Psychopharmacologia (1968) 13:222257. Psychopharmacology 163, 4–8 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-002-1119-x

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