Experimental peripheral administration of oxytocin elevates a suite of cooperative behaviours in a wild social mammal

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  2011-04-22

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1098/rspb.2010.1675PMID 20926437PMCID PMC3049071
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