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  • noun biology A mild electrical shock administered to the feet of laboratory animals during a variety of psychological and other experiments

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  • Moreover, c-Fos expression in the DG after electric footshock was almost completely and selectively abolished in the mutants.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2008

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