The Steroid/Peptide Theory of Social Bonds: integrating testosterone and peptide responses for classifying social behavioral contexts.

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Psychoneuroendocrinology

• Publication date

  2011-10-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.06.001PMID 21724336
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