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Science 14 August 1970:
Vol. 169. no. 3946, pp. 673 - 674
DOI: 10.1126/science.169.3946.673
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Monosodium Glutamate: Lack of Effects on Brain and Reproductive Function in Rats

N. J. Adamo 1 and A. Ratner 1

1 Departments of Anatomy and Physiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque

Monosodium glutamate was injected subcutaneously in infant rats of both sexes. The lateral preoptic and arcuate nuclei and median eminence were examined by light and electron microscopy for possible monosodium glutamate effects. As adults, treated animals showed no adverse monosodium glutamate effects on the reproductive system and neural morphology.


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