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University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

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Research from the University of Illinois shows male piglets whose mothers were ill during pregnancy show genetic changes in the amygdala and are less resilient to a second stressful event, weaning, than females and piglets whose mothers weren't ill during pregnancy. From left: Sandra Rodriguez-Zas, Laurie Rund, Courtni Bolt, Olivia Perez, Haley Rymut, and Marissa Keever-Keigher

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