Diurnal rhythms in neural activation in the mesolimbic reward system: critical role of the medial prefrontal cortex.

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Published in Eur J Neurosci on April 25, 2013

Authors

Ricardo M Baltazar1, Lique M Coolen, Ian C Webb

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.

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