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Rats showed retrogarde amnesia when electroconvulsive shock was administered 24 h after a fear conditioning trial when the shock was preceded by some of the specific conditioning cues but not others. This result replicates the findings of Misanin, Miller, & Lewis (1968) and suggests that ECS can act to produce retrograde amnesia by means other than disrupting memory consolidation.
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Terry, L., Holliday, J.H. Retrograde amnesia produced by electroconvulsive shock after reactivation of a consolidated memory trace: A replication. Psychon Sci 29, 137–138 (1972). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03342570
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