Imaging the Maternal Rat Brain

Neurobiology of the Parental Brain

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 61-74

  Febo, Marcelo ^a   Ferris, Craig F ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374285-8.00004-4     Document Type: Chapter

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