A Cortical Circuit for Sexually Dimorphic Oxytocin-Dependent Anxiety Behaviors

Li, Kun, Nakajima, Miho, Ibañez-Tallon, Ines, Heintz, Nathaniel·2016·Cell

DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2016.08.067

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