The influence of early nutrition and environmental rearing on brain growth and behaviour
- 1 December 1976
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
- Vol. 32 (12), 1538-1540
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01924439
Abstract
Preweaning malnutrition permanently reduced brain size and cellular content but in spite of changes in the adrenocortical stress response no learning deficit was observed. Differential rearing environments did not influence the effects of malnutrition.Keywords
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