Chapter 4.1 Neurocircuit regulation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical stress response - an overview

Techniques in the Behavioral and Neural Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue PART 1, 2005, Pages 405-418

  Herman, James P ^a   Mueller, Nancy K ^a   Figueiredo, Helmer ^a   Cullinan, William E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/S0921-0709(05)80023-9     Document Type: Chapter

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