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THE impaired retention of a recently learned habit that is commonly observed in experimental animals after administration of electroconvulsive shock (ECS) is also observed after partial immersion for a few minutes in cold water1–4. The physical differences between a hypothermal and an electrical amnesic agent do not preclude a common mode of action; indeed, we have confirmed that ECS results in hypothermia as well as amnesia.
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OKE, A., MENDELSON, J. & JUSTESEN, D. Cortical hypothermia is a sequela of electroconvulsive shock. Nature 248, 437–439 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/248437a0
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