Female rats in a competitive situation: Medial hypothalamic lesions increase and ovariectomy decreases success and aggression
- 1 September 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Physiology & Behavior
- Vol. 46 (3) , 379-386
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9384(89)90007-3
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