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. 2022 Jun:140:105709.
doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105709. Epub 2022 Mar 1.

Oxytocin release in stressful times

Natalia Duque-Wilckens  1 , Brian C Trainor  2
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Oxytocin release in stressful times

Natalia Duque-Wilckens et al. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2022 Jun.
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