Charles Whitman
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Charles Joseph Whitman was an American mass murderer who committed the 1966 University of Texas tower shooting, one of the first mass shootings in modern American history to receive widespread nationa
Whitman in 1963
Whitman, age two, c. early 1944
Whitman around 1959 (age 18)
Whitman and Leissner at their wedding in 1962
Amygdala
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The amygdala is a paired nuclear complex present in the cerebral hemispheres of vertebrates. It is considered part of the limbic system. In primates, it is located medially within the temporal lobes.
Charles Whitman
…himself found disturbing and described at length in personal writings. A posthumous autopsy revealed a glioblastoma multiforme tumor pressing on his amygdala, a brain region associated with emotional regulation and fear response, prompting ongoing debate among medical experts and historians as to what degree…
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Subdivisions of the mouse amygdala