Oxytocin Attenuates Amygdala Responses to Emotional Faces Regardless of Valence
✍ Scribed by Gregor Domes; Markus Heinrichs; Jan Gläscher; Christian Büchel; Dieter F. Braus; Sabine C. Herpertz
- Book ID
- 119197587
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 331 KB
- Volume
- 62
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-3223
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