Melanocortin Receptor Agonists Facilitate Oxytocin-Dependent Partner Preference Formation in the Prairie Vole

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  2015

• Venue

  Neuropsychopharmacology

• Publication date

  2015-02-05

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1038/npp.2015.35PMID 25652247PMCID PMC4839509
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