The neurobiology of pair bonding: insights from a socially monogamous rodent.

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  2011

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  Frontiers in neuroendocrinology (Print)

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  Biology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.yfrne.2010.07.006PMID 20688099PMCID PMC3012750
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