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Science 2 April 1971:
Vol. 172. no. 3978, pp. 80 - 82
DOI: 10.1126/science.172.3978.80
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Retrograde Amnesia: Electroconvulsive Shock Effects after Termination of Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Deprivation

William Fishbein 1, James L. McGaugh 2, and Jeffrey R. Swarz 2

1 Department of Psychology, The City College of the City University of New York, New York 10031
2 Department of Psychobiology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine 92664

Mice that were deprived of rapid eye movement sleep for 2 days immediately after one-trial training in an inhibitory avoidance task and were given an electroconvulsive shock after deprivation displayed retrograde amnesia on a retention test given 24 hours later. Electroconvulsive shock produced no amnesia in comparable groups of animals that were not deprived of rapid eye movement sleep.


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