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Science 17 September 1971:
Vol. 173. no. 4002, pp. 1148 - 1149
DOI: 10.1126/science.173.4002.1148
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Retention Deficit Correlated with a Deficit in the Corticoid Response to Stress

Pamela Auerbach 1 and Peter L. Carlton 1

1 Department of Psychiatry, Rutgers Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903

Previous research has indicated that intracerebral injection of potassium chloride, and the resultant electrical silence of the brain, lead to the attenuation of a previously conditioned emotional response; this response may reflect conditioned fear. The data reported here indicate that the normal mobilization of corticosteroids, perhaps a second index of emotionality, is also attenuated by such injections.

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