An Anxiolytic Action of Oxytocin is Enhanced by Estrogen in the Mouse
- 1 November 1996
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Physiology & Behavior
- Vol. 60 (5), 1209-1215
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0031-9384(96)00212-0
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