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Prenatal Hypothyroidism and Brain Composition in a Primate

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THE neonatal rat has been used almost exclusively as a convenient model for elucidating the effects of thyroid hormone or thyroid ablation on the developing central nervous system1–4.

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HOLT, A., CHEEK, D. & KERR, G. Prenatal Hypothyroidism and Brain Composition in a Primate. Nature 243, 413–415 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/243413a0

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