Oxytocin and vasopressin in non-human primates

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 288-306

  Ragen, Benjamin J ^a   Bales, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139017855.019     Document Type: Chapter

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