Neuroendocrinology of social information processing in rats and mice

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology - Tập 30 Số 4 - Trang 442-459 - 2009
Elena Choleris1, Amy E. Clipperton‐Allen2, Anna Phan2, Martin Kavaliers3
1Department of Psychology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1. Electronic address: [email protected].
2Department of Psychology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
3Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C2

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