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The International Journal on the Biology of Stress
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Unpredictable chronic stress in juvenile or adult rats has opposite effects, respectively, promoting and impairing resilience

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Pages 11-20 | Received 11 May 2010, Accepted 06 Feb 2011, Published online: 19 Jun 2011

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