A learning deficit was demonstrated on 48 albino rat offspring of females chronically drugged in infancy with Trifluoperazine. Duration of administration to the parent animal was not a critical factor in the offsprings' learning. The hypothesis that offspring of highest dosage level females would display a more significant deficit was not confirmed.
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