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The International Journal on the Biology of Stress
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Original Research Report

The protective effects of social bonding on behavioral and pituitary-adrenal axis reactivity to chronic mild stress in prairie voles

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Pages 175-182 | Received 31 Oct 2016, Accepted 12 Feb 2017, Published online: 05 Mar 2017

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