Social buffering of the stress response: diversity, mechanisms, and functions.

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Frontiers in neuroendocrinology (Print)

• Publication date

  2009-10-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.yfrne.2009.06.001PMID 19545584
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