The role of oxytocin in the anticipatory and consummatory phases of male rat sexual behaviour

Handbook of Oxytocin Research: Synthesis, Storage and Release, Actions and Drug Forms

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 109-125

  Melis, Maria Rosaria ^a   Sanna, Fabrizio ^a   Succu, Salvatora ^a   Zarone, Paolo ^a   Boi, Antonio ^a   Argiolas, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

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