Oxytocin, vasopressin, and their interplay with gonadal steroids

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3-26

  Dhakar, Monica B ^a   Stevenson, Erica L ^a   Caldwell, Heather K ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139017855.003     Document Type: Chapter

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