Biochemical Basis of Parental Behavior in the Rat

Advances in the Study of Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue C, 1996, Pages 215-242

  Bridges, Robert S ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77956768168     PISSN: 00653454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3454(08)60334-4     Document Type: Article

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