Maternal aggression in rodents: brain oxytocin and vasopressin mediate pup defence

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  2013-12-05

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1098/rstb.2013.0085PMID 24167315PMCID PMC3826214
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