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Serotonergic dysfunction and aggression control1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Herman M. Van Praag
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , February 1991 , pp. 15 - 19
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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