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Stress
The International Journal on the Biology of Stress
Volume 8, 2005 - Issue 2
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Original Article

Short CommunicationChronic stress leaves novelty-seeking behavior intact while impairing spatial recognition memory in the Y-maze

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Pages 151-154 | Received 18 Mar 2005, Accepted 25 Apr 2005, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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