Sites of injury found in monkeys subjected to asphyxia at birth are listed in table 2. Sites of secondary growth failure are listed in table 3.
months or years after being subjected to asphyxia at birth. They noted:
It was difficult to separate the primary effects of asphyxia from these later atrophic changes in some regions . . .” [68, p41].
will be recognized as locations normally receiving the terminations of tracts destroyed by the primary lesions. . . . Extensive primary damage by asphyxia at birth led to a reduction in amount of white matter, as in the corpus callosum . . . All the animals had severe brain damage, but some were worse off than others.” [68, p43] |
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