Oxytocin increases amygdala reactivity to threatening scenes in females.

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Psychoneuroendocrinology

• Publication date

  2012-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.01.011PMID 22365820
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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