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===Effect of extreme pain on developing nervous system===
Several researchers have suggested that extreme pain in the newborn could cause neurological injury. Anand & Scalzo (2000) concluded:<blockquote>The public health importance of abnormal stimulation during the neonatal period cannot be overemphasized. While programs for formulating appropriate health policies and public education campaigns must disseminate this message, it is also important for these effects to be investigated, particularly with a view to developing effective therapeutic strategies for the growing childen and adolescents who were exposed to abnormal conditions during the neonatal period.<ref name="anand2000">{{REFjournal |last=Anand |first= |init= |author-link= |last2=Scalzo |first2= |init2= |author2-link= |etal=no |title=Can adverse neonatal experiences alter brain development and subsequent behavior? |trans-title= |language= |journal=Biol Neonate |location= |date=2000 |volume=77 |issue=2 |article= |page= |pages= |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/pain/anand4/ |archived= |quote= |pubmedID= |pubmedCID= |DOI= |accessdate=2021-08-09}}</ref></blockquote>
Fitzgerald & Walker (2003) argued that extreme pain (such as that caused by circumcision) may alter developing nervous tissue in the very young.<ref>{{REFbook
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