Two groups of six rats each were injected with 0.0, 0.75, 1.5, and 3.0 mg/kg of chlorpromazine in ascending or descending dosage orders after they had been trained on a nondiscriminated avoidance behavior. The animals that received the high dose first showed lower response rates during tests with low doses than did those that were given the low dose first.
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