Oxytocin and vasopressin release and their receptor-mediated intracellular pathways that determine their behavioral effects

Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and Related Peptides in the Regulation of Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 27-43

  Neumann, Inga D ^a   van den Burg, Erwin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139017855.004     Document Type: Chapter

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