Recent studies have questioned the phenomenon of hypoxia-produced RA on the premise that intracellular hypoxia cannot be produced rapidly enough to prevent the memory-consolidation process., Sixteen albino rats were trained to lever press for sucrose and were subjected to one of four treatments: shock only, hypoxia only, shock plus rapid decompression, and shock plus delayed decompression. Results showed that hypoxia following rapid decompression produced amnesia for the foot shock.