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Altered emotionality, hippocampus-dependent performance and expression of NMDA receptor subunit mRNAs in chronically stressed mice

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Pages 108-116 | Received 30 Jun 2013, Accepted 03 Dec 2013, Published online: 05 Dec 2013

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