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Male Sprague-Dawley rats were injected 0.5 h prior to training in a passive-avoidance task with chloramphenicol, a protein synthesis inhibitor. The rats were retested 7 days later and found to have impaired memory.
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Osborn, C.D., Holloway, F.A. Can commonly used antibiotics disrupt formation of new memories?. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 22, 356–358 (1984). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333842
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