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The effects of environmental conditions upon the brain composition of young animals have become increasingly evident. The first papers in this field were those of Levine et al. [8] and of Bennett et al. [2]. These two groups studied the effects of handling upon phospholipid accumulation and level of acetylcholinesterase activity, respectively. No studies have been made, to the best of our knowledge, on amino-acid changes in brain due to environmental manipulations.
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Himwich, W.A., Davis, J.M., Agrawal, H.C. (1968). Effects of Early Weaning on Some Free Amino Acids and Acetylcholinesterase Activity of Rat Brain. In: Wortis, J. (eds) Recent Advances in Biological Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9072-5_21
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