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IN 1963 we published the third1 in a series of reports2,3 concerned with the administration of tranquillizers to gravid rats and their postnatal effects on the offspring. The data of this last report1 indicated that meprobamate and not reserpine or chlorpromazine resulted in significant deficits in learning a Lashley III maze. This report generated much editorial comment4,5 and additional experimental findings6,7.
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WERBOFF, J. Tranquillizers in Pregnancy and Behavioural Effects on the Offspring. Nature 209, 110 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209110a0
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