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EXCISION of the pineal body, first described by Exner and Boerse1, has been frequently used in the study of pineal function and has been performed in various groups of animals2. Thermocauterization and stereotaxic ablation have also been employed. The operative mortality with the latter methods has been quite high due to hæmorrhage from adjacent blood vessels2.
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HOLMGREN, U., NOTTER, G. A Technique for Destruction of the Pineal Body using Yttrium-90 Spheres. Nature 189, 773–774 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189773b0
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