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Opinion | Open Access

Oxytocin in the brain: From social behavior to stress

Shu-Lu Zhan1, Ji Hu2( ), Ti-Fei Yuan1( )
Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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Stress and Brain
Volume 2 Issue 1-2,
June 2022
Pages 1-4
DOI: 10.26599/SAB.2022.9060010
Cite this article:
Zhan S-L, Hu J, Yuan T-F. Oxytocin in the brain: From social behavior to stress. Stress and Brain, 2022, 2(1-2): 1-4. https://doi.org/10.26599/SAB.2022.9060010

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Received: 16 March 2022
Accepted: 16 March 2022
Published: 25 March 2022
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