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Brain Damage by Asphyxia at Birth

In both monkey and human infants handicaps that arise from such asphyxia seem to disappear with time. Experiments with monkeys, however, demonstrate that asphyxia permanently damages the brain

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 221 Issue 4This article was originally published with the title “Brain Damage by Asphyxia at Birth” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 221 No. 4 (), p. 76
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1069-76