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Science 10 August 1962:
Vol. 137. no. 3528, pp. 429 - 430
DOI: 10.1126/science.137.3528.429
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Amygdalectomy in the Kitten

Arthur Kling 1

1 Institute for Psychosomatic and Psychiatric Research and Training, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, Illinois

Kittens sustaining bilateral amygdalectomy failed to show behavioral changes seen in the adult after subjection to similar lesions. No growth deficits or hypopituitarism occurred in the kittens. A certain level of neuroendocrine maturation may be necessary for the effects of amygdalectomy to be manifested.

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