Chapter 6.3 Role of prefrontal cortex in stress responsivity

Techniques in the Behavioral and Neural Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue PART 1, 2005, Pages 807-817

  Gratton, Alain ^a   Sullivan, Ronald M ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1016/S0921-0709(05)80043-4     Document Type: Chapter

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