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Stress
The International Journal on the Biology of Stress
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Effect of chronic psychosocial stress-induced by subordinate colony (CSC) housing on brain neuronal activity patterns in mice

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Pages 58-69 | Received 10 Dec 2007, Accepted 08 Mar 2008, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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