Towards a neuroscience of love: Olfaction, attention and a model of neurohypophysial hormone action

Frontiers in Evolutionary Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue MAR, 2009, Pages

  Havlicek, Jan ^a   Craig Roberts, S ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84874168675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1663070X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.18.002.2009     Document Type: Note

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