Emotional tears and NGF: A biographical appreciation and research beginning

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 269-274

  Provine, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Lacrimal gland; Levi Montalcini; NGF; Tears

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958158754     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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