Vasotocin neurons in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis preferentially process social information and exhibit properties that dichotomize courting and non-courting phenotypes.

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  2009

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  Hormones and Behavior

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  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.10.007PMID 19013174PMCID PMC2652745
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