The roles of vasopressin and oxytocin in aggression

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 193-212

  Pagani, Jerome H ^a   Wersinger, Scott R ^b   Young, W Scott ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139017855.014     Document Type: Chapter

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