Central amygdala circuit dynamics underlying the benzodiazepine anxiolytic effect
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Psychiatry
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1359-4184,1476-5578
DOI: 10.1038/s41380-018-0310-3