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Mirex and behavior in the Long-Evans rat

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In two experiments, adult male Long-Evans rats were fed chow containing mirex (1.78 ppm and 17.8 ppm in Experiment 1, 17.8 ppm in Experiment 2) over a several week period and were tested on a variety of behavioral tasks. No differences in behavior were seen between control and experimental animals tested in an open-field apparatus, on VI 30-sec and DRL 20-sec operant paradigms, or on a discrimination-reversal task motivated by escape from footshock.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Mississippi State University, P.O. Drawer PF, 39762, Mississippi State, Miss.

    B. M. Thorne, E. Taylor & T. Wallace

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Thorne, B.M., Taylor, E. & Wallace, T. Mirex and behavior in the Long-Evans rat. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 19, 351–359 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01685810

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