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Research Article

The context specificity of anxiety responses induced by chronic psychosocial stress in rats: A shift from anxiety to social phobia?

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Pages 230-237 | Received 15 May 2009, Accepted 29 Aug 2009, Published online: 15 Apr 2010

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