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Oxytocin in the brain: From social behavior to stress

Show Author's Information Shu-Lu Zhan1,  Ji Hu2( ),  Ti-Fei Yuan1( )
Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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Zhan S-L, Hu J, Yuan T-F. Oxytocin in the brain: From social behavior to stress. Stress and Brain, 2022, 2(1-2): 1-4. https://doi.org/10.26599/SAB.2022.9060010
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Oxytocin in the brain: From social behavior to stress

Show Author's information Shu-Lu Zhan1, Ji Hu2( ), Ti-Fei Yuan1( )
Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China

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