Antistress pattern induced by oxytocin

News in Physiological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue , 1998, Pages 22-26

  Uvnäs Moberg, Kerstin ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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EID: 0032342065     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1998.13.1.22     Document Type: Article

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