No Laughing Matter: Intranasal Oxytocin Administration Changes Functional Brain Connectivity during Exposure to Infant Laughter

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Neuropsychopharmacology

• Publication date

  2012-04-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1038/npp.2011.313PMID 22189289PMCID PMC3306887
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