Exogenous and evoked oxytocin restores social behavior in the Cntnap2 mouse model of autism

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  2015

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  Science Translational Medicine

• Publication date

  2015-01-21

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  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1126/scitranslmed.3010257PMID 25609168PMCID PMC4498455
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