1999 — Michael Freemark, "The Roles of Growth Hormone, Prolactin, and Placental Lactogen in Human Fetal Development: Critical Analysis of Molecular, Cellular, and Clinical Investigations", in Molecular and Cellular Pediatric Endocrinology (ed. Stuart Handwerger), Humana Press (1999), →ISBN, page 73:
Decapitation, encephalectomy or hypophysectomy of fetal rabbits, rhesus monkeys, rats, mice, or pigs is not accompanied by fetal growl failure or reductions in serum IGF I concentrations, […]
2003 October 21, Jacques Guy, “Re: Banach-Tarski and Semantics --> the No X-archive flag, and infinity”, in sci.lang[1] (Usenet):
What do they teach at Hawaii Uni? Muddled thinking? Or does the medical school just practice encephalectomy on every student?
2004 — Richard A. Polin, William W. Fox, & Steven H. Abman, Fetal and Neonatal Physiology, Volume 2, W. B. Saunders Co. (2004), →ISBN, page 1928:
In newborn rat pups, pancreatectomy, but not encephalectomy, is associated with reduced circulating TRH levels.
Aside from thematic similarities, one other element common to most zombie movies is the scene where a soon-to-be encephalectomy victim spots a zombie, formerly a loved-one, and reasons "the power of our relationship will protect me", and therefore fails to flee.
